## The Devil Went Down to TUGs Land

Post by TUfriend » Fri Dec 07, 2012 2:33 pm

I though up this quick little parody. The original song is Here
My last story, "The Birth of a Whovian" can be found here
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The Devil Went Down to TUGs Land
The devil went down to TUGs land, he was looking for a soul to steal.
He was in a bind 'cos he was way behind and he was willin' to make a deal.
When he came across this young man sawin' on his ropes and lookin hot.
And the devil jumped upon a hickory stump and said: "Boy let me tell you what:
"I guess you didn't know it, but I'm into some bondage too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
Now you escape pretty well, boy, but give the devil his due:
I bet handcuffs of gold against your soul, 'cos I think I'm better than you."
The boy said: "My name's Johnny and it might be a sin,
But I'll take your bet, your gonna regret, 'cos I'm the best that's ever been."
Johnny you slacken up your rope and escape your bars
'Cos hells broke loose in TUGs land and the devil is your guard.
And if you win you get those shiny handcuffs made of gold.
But if you lose, the devil gets your soul.
The devil opened up his bag and he said: "I'll start this show."
And fire flew from his fingertips as he tied knots in his rope.
And he pulled the rope across Johnny's chest and then he couldn't resist:
Then a band of demons tickled him and it sounded something like this.
[A fiddle and Johnny's laughter can be heard as the devil continues to restrain Johnny. He handcuffs his left wrist to his right ankle and right wrist to his left ankle. The devil then duct tapes Johnny's fingers together. Then Johnny is gagged with an inflatable gag pumped to the max and the devil mummifies his face with more duct tape]
When the devil finished, Johnny said: "mph nr pffrddy grd rrrd srr."
But Johnny started his escape to show him how it's done.
The duct tape slid right off his skin
The handcuffs were easy for Johnny to pick
The duct tape gag unwound from chin to nose
"Devil, now it's your turn, come on let's go."
[This time Johnny ties up the Devil. He begins by handcuffing his arms around a tree with leg cuffs. The circumference of the tree made it impossible for the devil the bring his arms together. Johnny plastered the Devil to the tree with three layers of duct tape. Then Johnny grabbed one of the small demons who had tickled him before and shoved him in the Devil's mouth, sealed in with duct tape around the Devil's face from neck to horns. The last step, Johnny used chains to attach the Devil's horns to a branch high up in the tree, making the lock out of the Devil's reach]
The devil tried to bowed his head 'cos he knew that he'd been beat.
He laid those golden handcuffs on the ground at Johnny's feet.
Johnny said: "Devil just come on back if you ever want to try again.
"cause I told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the best there's ever been."
The Devil struggled for days and days
All of the demons were amazed
"Johnny come back, let me out!"
But Johnny was gone and couldn't hear the shout.
Heil Toddman, the Wonderful Wizard of Odd
I'm a nerd with a dangerous side.
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### Re: The Devil Went Down to TUGs Land

Post by Jason Toddman » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:28 pm

Interesting, though it doesn't rhyme consistently like the song does. But interesting anyway.
Are you familiar with the Devil Went Down to Jamaica parody?
Dare to be different... and make a difference.
To boldly go where no one in their right mind has gone before...

### Re: The Devil Went Down to TUGs Land

Post by TUfriend » Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:03 am

If you sing it the same way it is sung, it sort of rhymes. I.e. the original song rhymes Hot and What. And yeah, I have heard of the parody.
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### Re: The Devil Went Down to TUGs Land

Post by Jason Toddman » Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:43 am

Even allowing for that, I don't' see how bars rhymes with guard, or show rhymes with rope.
But I'm just being nit-picky; overall it's a pretty good effort.
Dare to be different... and make a difference.
To boldly go where no one in their right mind has gone before...

### Re: The Devil Went Down to TUGs Land

Post by drawscore » Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:56 am

Three words in the English language do not rhyme with any other words, and they are all colors: Silver, Orange, and Purple.
There may be others.
Drawscore

### Re: The Devil Went Down to TUGs Land

Post by frank burns » Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:43 pm

Sorry to contradict you Drawscore
Don't take this wrong . As Orange is pronounced as Or-i-nge you could argue... Gorringe does
http://www.merton.gov.uk/learning/schoo ... school.htm. There are many others as well, things like hinge, binge, whinge, cringe.
Purple ... What about Circle ?? A song I reacall sang of a Blue Dew in a purple circle ...
Silver .. chilver (A female lamb)
I also recall a newpaper headline ... Cork man drowns .. LoL (Cork is a place in Ireland)

### Re: The Devil Went Down to TUGs Land

Post by TUfriend » Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:17 pm

What about month? Nothing in modern English rhymes with that.
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### Re: The Devil Went Down to TUGs Land

Post by frank burns » Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:29 pm

I am not going to continue further with this - It is way off topic So in closing.
This has been a issue with Cambridge University for several years (That's the one in England). The conclusion is ...
'Currently there is NO word in the English language without a rhyme. This is due to the nature of the English language being derived from many other languages such as French, Latin, Greek and ancient languages such as Norse, Saxon and Gaelic as well as vagrant and variant English such as American English, Canadian English, Australian English and other variants. Words that evolve in Variant and Vagrant English are almost always adopted into the English Language under [Common usage and knowledge] and are normally added into the Oxford English Dictionary (currently 20 volumes) and The Encyclopedia Britannica (currently 26 volumes).'
So there you have it.
BTW There is no such thing as Modern English. What is that anyway? Do you mean some variant such as American English or 'The Travellers Guide to English'? Or perhaps just a collection of common words used in a Concise Dictionary? Words in the English Language are never removed, they may fall into dissuse, but they are still part of the English Language.
To answer your question : Grunth (the sacred scriptures of the Sikhs)
And I hope this ends this thread.
BTW I enjoyed the original poem. Well done!

### Re: The Devil Went Down to TUGs Land

Post by TUfriend » Sun Dec 09, 2012 7:52 pm

Well if there's no modern English, how do you distinguish how we speak today from the original text of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight written in Middle English(only slightly comprehensible by modern readers) or the original text of Beowulf written in old English? There it clearly a language shift. The words we use today mostly did not even exist.
This is old English:
HWÆT, WE GAR-DEna in geardagum,
þeodcyninga þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon!
oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,
monegum mægþum meodosetla ofteah,
egsode eorlas, syððanærest wearð
feasceaft funden; he þæs frofre gebad,
weox under wolcnum weorðmyndum þah,
oð þæt him æghwylc ymbsittendra
ofer hronrade hyran scolde,
gomban gyldan; þæt wæs god cyning!
Ðæm eafera wæs æfter cenned
geong in geardum, þone God sende
folce to frofre; fyrenðearfe ongeat,
þe hie ær drugon aldorlease
lange hwile; him þæs Liffrea,
wuldres Wealdend woroldare forgeaf,
Beowulf wæs breme --- blæd wide sprang---
Scyldes eafera Scedelandum in.
Swa sceal geong guma gode gewyrcean,
fromum feohgiftumon fæder bearme,
Heil Toddman, the Wonderful Wizard of Odd
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### Re: The Devil Went Down to TUGs Land

Post by xtc » Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:56 am

It’s nice to see the letters that are missing from modern English. Presumably you know that "Ye Olde . . ." means "The old . . ." with the "y" replacing thorn in the above passage.
May I recommend Seamus Heaney's wonderful translation of Beowulf and Simon Armitage's rather appropriately north-country rendering of Gawain and the Green Knight? It's good!
Wӕs Hӕl,
Xtc
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but little speedos rule!
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### Re: The Devil Went Down to TUGs Land

Post by drawscore » Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:11 pm

> frank burns wrote:Sorry to contradict you Drawscore
> Don't take this wrong . As Orange is pronounced as Or-i-nge you could argue... Gorringe does
> http://www.merton.gov.uk/learning/schoo ... school.htm. There are many others as well, things like hinge, binge, whinge, cringe.
> Purple ... What about Circle ?? A song I reacall sang of a Blue Dew in a purple circle ...
> Silver .. chilver (A female lamb)
> I also recall a newpaper headline ... Cork man drowns .. LoL (Cork is a place in Ireland)

I will consider it, but I think your examples are a bit of a stretch, and somewhat far afield.
As for stupid headlines, consider:
"Porn Star Sues Over Rear End Collision"
"Cow Urine Makes for Juicy Lemons."
"A-Rod Goes Deep, Wang Hurt"
"Tight End Returns After Colon Surgery"
"City Unsure Why Sewer Smells"
"Missing Baby Found in Sandwich"
"17 Remain Dead in Morgue Shooting Spree"
Drawscore

### Re: The Devil Went Down to TUGs Land

Post by TUfriend » Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:04 pm

Missing baby found in sandwich? That might have been my dad with my sister when she was young...
Heil Toddman, the Wonderful Wizard of Odd
I'm a nerd with a dangerous side.
See my most recent TRUE story, "SPL Initiation", here.
Read my most recent FICTIONAL story, "The Birth of a Whovian", here