The Devil Ainât Lazy - written by Fred Rose in Oct. 1947
The devil ainât lazy â no sirree
The devil ainât lazy â no sirree
Runs around with sticks and stones
passes out his moans and groans
the devil ainât no lazy bones
He works 24 hours a day
The devil ainât lazy â no sirree
The devil ainât lazy â no sirree
He likes to see us fight and fuss
makes us mean enough to cuss
then he blames it all on us
He works 24 hours a day
The devil ainât lazy â no sirree
The devil ainât lazy â no sirree
He travels like a lightninâ streak
and strikes from town to town
and if he gets you when youâre weak
heâll tear your playhouse down
The devil ainât lazy â no sirree
The devil ainât lazy â no sirree
He tells us he wonât hurt a fly
then he makes us steal and lie
keeps us sinninâ âtil we die
He works 24 hours a day
Alrightâ¦â¦
(16 bar musical Interlude)
Oh the devil ainât lazy â no sirree
The devil ainât lazy â no sirree
He gets his pitchfork out each night
gives the folks an awful fright
I think he does it just for spite
He works 24 hours a day
The devil ainât lazy â no sirree
The devil ainât lazy â no sirree
Tells us how to find success
he knows weâll wind up in distress
the de-vil is an aw-ful mess
He works 24 hours a day
He likes to see things scorch and burn
so donât make no excuse
if he catches you heâll turn you anyway but loose
The devil ainât lazy â no sirree
The devil ainât lazy â no sirree
So if yaâ think youâre strong and brave
smart enough to not behave
youâve got one foot in the grave
He works 24 hours a day!