When the shrimpers hit town
With their white boots on
And we're stayin'
Diggy liggy lie, diggy liggy lo
That's the song that you better know
If your playin'
The women whistle and the fiddles whine
Sounds like the devil's lullaby
Well the rattlesnake race I found myself in
The landlady notified my next of kin
And I'm ramblin'
Left a cryin' pregnant teenage bride
Grandmother kneeling by her side
They were praying
San Patricio, Hear their cry
Playin' the devil's lullaby
Sang a song when I was young
About the power in the blood
Jesus he can't save me
I'm crucified
Devil's lullaby
So I sang a song of a rose tattoo
A sailor's heart with a girl untrue
under the street lamp
All the skirt chasin' and free basin'
And the scarlet flows where she slashed me good
With a razor
Sirens wail and the church bells chime
Play me the devil's lullaby
The women whistle and the fiddles whine
Sounds like the devil's lullaby
The devil's lullaby