Intro 
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When the shrimpers hit town 

With their white boots on 

Drinkin' all their pay 

Before they make it home 
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And we're stayin' 
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Diggy liggy lie, diggy liggy lo 

That's the song that you better know 
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If your playin' 
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The women whistle and the fiddles whine 
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Sounds like the devil's lullaby 

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Well the rattlesnake race I found myself in 

The landlady notified my next of kin  
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And I'm ramblin' 
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Left a cryin' pregnant teenage bride 

Grandmother kneeling by her side 
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They were praying 
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San Patricio, Hear their cry 
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Playin' the devil's lullaby 

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Sang a song when I was young 
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About the power in the blood 
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Jesus he can't save me  
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I'm crucified 
               
Devil's lullaby 

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So I sang a song of a rose tattoo 

A sailor's heart with a girl untrue 
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under the street lamp 
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All the skirt chasin' and free basin' 

And the scarlet flows where she slashed me good 
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With a razor 
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Sirens wail and the church bells chime 
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Play me the devil's lullaby 

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The women whistle and the fiddles whine 
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Sounds like the devil's lullaby 

The devil's lullaby