Lyrics Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail - Colter Wall
Well,
it
was
way
high
up
in
the
Sierry
Petes
Where
the
yellow
pines
grow
tall
Rusty
Diggs
and
Sandy
Sam
Had
a
round-up
camp
last
fall
They
had
their
ponies
and
their
running
irons
And
maybe
a
dog
or
two
And
they
'lowed
they'd
brand
every
lop-eared
calf
That
came
within
their
view
Well
many
a
lop-eared
dogie
If
he
didn't
hush
up
by
day
Had
his
long
ears
whittled
and
his
old
hide
scorched
In
a
most
artistic
way
Then
says
Rusty
Diggs
to
Sandy
Sam
As
he
throwed
his
seago
down
"I'm
tired
of
cowbiography
"And
I
figures
I'll
go
to
town"
They
starts
her
in
at
the
Kentucky
Bar
At
the
head
of
the
Whisky
Row
And
they
ends
her
up
at
the
Depot
House
And
forty
drinks
below
Then
he
winds
her
up
and
they
turns
her
'round
And
they
goes
her
the
other
way
Tell
you
the
Lord-forsaken
truth
Them
boys
got
drunk
that
day
Well,
they
was
a-headin'
back
to
camp
And
a-packin'
a
mighty
good
load
Who
should
they
meet
but
the
Devil
himself
Come
prancin'
down
the
road?
And
the
Devil
he
said,
"You
cowboy
skunks
"You
better
go
hunt
your
hole
"'Cause
I've
come
up
from
the
Hell's
rim
rock
"To
gather
in
your
souls"
Says
Rusty
Jiggs
to
the
Devil
"Though
I
know
we're
tight
"No
devil
ever
took
no
cowpunch
"Without
one
kind
of
a
fight"
So
Rusty
Jiggs
punched
a
hole
in
his
rope
He
swang
it
straight
and
true
He
lassoed
it
onto
the
devil's
horns
And
he's
takin'
his
dallies
true
Now
Sandy
Sam
was
a
reata
man
With
his
gut
line
coiled
up
neat
So
he
shakes
her
out
and
he
builds
him
a
loop
And
he
lassoed
the
Devil's
hind
feet
They
stretched
him
out,
they
tailed
him
down
While
the
irons
was
a-gettin'
hot
They
cropped
and
swallow-forked
his
ears
And
they
branded
him
up
a
lot
Well
they
pruned
him
up
with
a
dehorning
saw
Tied
knots
in
his
tail
for
a
joke
Then
they
rode
off
and
left
him
there
Necked
up
to
a
black-jack
oak
So
if
you're
ever
up
in
the
Sierry
Petes
And
you
hear
one
hell
of
a
wail
Know
it's
that
Devil
a-bellowin'
'round
About
them
knots
in
his
tail
You'll
know
it's
that
Devil
a-bellowin'
around
About
them
knots
in
his
tail
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