Recordings
 Single (Devilish Mary / Mister Chicken), Roba Stanley, August 1924
Single (The Burglar Man / Devlish Mary), Arthur Tanner, June 1925
Single (Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Devilish Mary), Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers, Oct 1928
Single (Naomi Wise / Devilish Mary), Red Fox Chasers, June 1929
Single (Soldier Will You Marry Mew / Devilish Mary), Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers, April 1930
Single (Devilish Mary / Cross Eyed Gal On The Hill), Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers, Sept 1937
Single (Devilish Mary / Young Roger The Miller), Bob Atcher, 1948
 Early American Folk Songs, Bob Atcher, 1949
Darling Corey, Pete Seeger, 1950
Women: Folk Songs About the Fair Sex, Burl Ives, 1954
Shivaree!, Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand, Tom Paley, Harry & Jeanie West, 1955
Peggy Seeger, Peggy Seeger, 1956
Folksongs and Footnotes, Gordon Heath and Lee Payant, 1956
His Banjo & Guitar EP, Guy Caravan, 1957
At The Gate Of Horn, Odetta, 1957
Sings American Folk Songs, Walt Robertson, 1959
Hangin', Drinkin' And Stuff, Art and Paul, 1961
Folk and Other Songs, Steve Camacho, 1962
Traditional Music from Grayson and Carroll Counties, Virginia, Various Artists (Glen Neaves, Roscoe Russell & Ivor Melton), 1962
Horton Barker: Traditional Singer, Horton Barker , 1962
At Town Hall, Odetta, 1962
The Skillet Lickers, The Skillet Lickers, 1964
Grandpa Jones Sings Real Folk Songs, Grandpa Jones, 1964
Skillet Lickers, Vol. 1, Skillet Lickers, 1965
Introducing the Beers Family: An American Folk Tradition, The Beers Family, 1965
Red Fox Chasers, Red Fox Chasers, 1967
The Best of Odetta, Odetta, 1967
Grandpa Jones Sings Hits From "Hee Haw", Grandpa Jones, 1969
Bobby Smith & the Boys from Shiloh, Bobby Smith & the Boys from Shiloh, 1969
Golden Skein, Beers Family, 1972
Kenny Hall and the Sweets Mill String Band, 1973
No. 3 Special, Highwoods String Band, 1978
Ballad of the Boonslick, Cathy Barton & Dave Para, 1982
Evo's Autoharp, Evo Bluestein, 1985
Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 6, Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys, 1987
Skillet Lickers Music: 1955-1991: The Tanner Legacy, Gid Tanner & Friends, 1992
Mr. Spaceman, Bob Carlin, 1992
Darling Corey/Goofing Off Suite, Pete Seeger, 1993
Feed Your Babies Onions: Fat City Favorites, Highwoods Stringband, 1994
The Best of Odetta: Ballads & Blues, Odetta, 1994
American Folksay, Vol. 1-4: Ballads & Dances, Various Artists (Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston), 1995
Old Time Fiddle Tunes & Songs from North Georgia, The Skillet Lickers, 1996
Classic Peggy Seeger, Peggy Seeger featuring Tom Paley, 1996
Everybody's Grandpa, Grandpa Jones, 1996
Land Of Yahoe, Various Artists (Billy Don Stamper), 1996
Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Odetta), 1998
Respect: A Century Of Women In Music, Various Artists (Roba Stanley), 1999
Dev'lish Mary, Hot Club of Cowtown, 2000
The Story That the Crow Told Me, Vol. 2: Early American Rural Children's Songs, Various Artists (Skillet Lickers), 2000
We'll Die in the Pig Pen Fighting, Tom, Brad & Alice, 2001
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3: 1928-1929, The Skillet Lickers, 2001
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4: 1929-1930, The Skillet Lickers, 2001
More Than 16 Tons of Bluegrass & Other Fine Stuff, Pete Stanley & Wizz Jones, 2001
Swing With Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers, Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers, 2001
Triple Stop, Scotty Anderson, 2001
The Tradition Masters, Odetta, 2002
Pete Seeger/The Weavers Box Set, Pete Seeger, 2003
Off to California, Piney Creek Weasels, 2003
Smokey Mountain Pickin': 24 Great Bluegrass Instrumentals, Various Artists (Boys From Shilo/Vassar Clements), 2003
History of the Chadbournes, Eugene Chadbourne, 2005
The Wayfaring Stranger: The Golden Years Of, Burl Ives, 2005
Evoharp, Evo Bluestein, 2005
Kenny Hall and the Sweets Mill String Band, 2005
In Hollywood: 1943-1944, Bob Wills, 2006
Folk Songs, Ballads and Banjo, Pete Seeger, 2006
Blue Tail Fly, Burl Ives, 2008
Art of Field Recording, Volume II, Various Artists (Gordon Tanner/Smokey Joe Miller), 2008
Front Porch Pickin', Various Artists (Vassar Clements), 2008
I'm Going Down to North Carolina: The Complete Recordings of the Red Fox Chasers: 1928-31, Red Fox Chasers, 2009
The Tiffany Transcriptions Box Set, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 2009
Gennett Old Time Music: Classic Country Recordings 1927-1934, Various Artists (Red Fox Chasers), 2010
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean: British Songs in the USA, Various Artists (Gid Tanner), 2015
Lyrics
The lyrics used by the Sleepy Hollow Hog Stompers are as follows;
When I was young and foolish,
Swore I never would marry,
I met up with a pretty little girl,
Surely we got married.
(Chorus)
Along come a-dink come a-dary,
Prettiest girl that ever I saw,
Her name was Devilish Mary.
We both were young and foolish,
She was just (?),
On one word we did agree,
The wedding day was Thursday.
Chorus...
Hadn't been married but about six weeks,
She got as mean as a devil,
Every time I looked cross-eyed,
She hit me in the head with a shovel.
Chorus...
We hadn't been married but about six weeks,
We decided to be parted,
She packed up all her (duds?),
And down the road she started.
Chorus...
Fill my back with old soap suds,
Fill my back with stitches,
Next I would marry a girl,
She can wear the britches.
Chorus...
If I ever marry another girl,
It'll be for love not riches,
Marry a little girl about four feet high,
So she can wear my britches.
Chorus...
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