[Intro] [Intro: Atmospheric percussive fingerstyle guitar, soft wooden flute melody, distant melancholic fiddle] [Verse 1: Storytelling, clear deep female vocals, minimalist acoustic guitar] Well I knew by the clothes that he wore He was the devil on two good legs Charming in every way And though the tavern swayed The whole room fell still When he opened up his coat and began to play He played and he played Till the walls came alive And a hare showed itself by the foot of the stairs We danced and we drank and the room spun around We rolled on the floor till we’d lost all our breath [Pre-Chorus] [Build-up: Adding rhythmic fiddle, increasing tempo] The devil He smiled And he said “Will ye come along with me?” [Chorus: Upbeat Irish Folk, driving rhythm, melodic fiddle, soulful harmonies] He played the tunes We couldn’t say no To the devil’s own ball The music was deep in our souls And the devil said “Won’t ye come to the ball?” [Verse 2: Atmospheric, slower tempo, haunting flute, intimate vocals] When I woke up It was three days later My head was poundin’ like a hammer on a smith’s anvil And when I asked my friend where we’d been He said “We danced all night and ye slept with one with a horned head” And I had flashbacks To a jinn in the bath A lizard in a tie The devil laughin’ as he cried Then I remembered he said he’d be back And there he was standin’ in the doorway, winkin’ at me I followed him out He said “Come on now, my dear, dance with me” [Bridge / Instrumental Break] [Instrumental Break: Lively Fiddle and Flute duel, fast percussive fingerstyle solo] [Chorus: Full energy, Irish Folk, melodic, stomping rhythm] He played the tunes We couldn’t say no To the devil’s own ball The music was deep in our souls And the devil said “Won’t ye come to the ball?” [Outro: Fading flute melody, slow acoustic guitar, eerie lingering fiddle note, ends on a deep vocal hum]
