[Verse 1] The devil went down to Georgia He was lookin for a soul to steal He was in a bind cause he was way behind And he was willin to make a deal When he came across this young man Sawin on a fiddle and playin it hot And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump And said Boy let me tell you what I guess you didnt know it boy Im a fiddle player too And if you care to take a dare Well Ill make a bet with you Now you play pretty good fiddle, boy But give the devil his due Ill bet a fiddle of gold against your soul Cause I think Im better than you The boy said, My names Johnny And it just might be a sin But Ill take this bet, youre gonna regret Im the best thats ever been Johnny rosin up your bow And play your fiddle hard Hell broke loose in Georgia And the devil deals his cards And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold But if you lose the devil gets your soul The devil opened up his case And he said, Ill start this show And fire flew from his fingertips As he rosined up his bow When he pulled the bow across the strings And it made an evil hiss And a band of demons joined it And it sounded somethin like this Here we go When the devil finished Johnny said Well, youre pretty good old son But sit down in that chair right there And let me show you how its done [Chorus] Fire on the mountain Run, boys, run The devils in the house of the rising sun Chicken in the bread pan pickin out dough Granny does your dog bite No child no [Verse 2] Well, the devil bowed his head Because he knew that hed been beat And he laid that golden fiddle On the ground at Johnnys feet Johnny said, Devil, come on back If you ever want to try again I done told you once you son of a gun Im the best thats ever been [Chorus] Fire on the mountain Run, boys, run The devils in the house of the rising sun Chicken in the bread pan pickin out dough Granny does your dog bite No child no
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