[Chorus:] With a ho double hoop shaw Riggle laba dope and the Doodle and the daddle And the puff of my smoke And the heaping and the huffing And the chicken and the choking And the pickle up a doodle In the middle of the day Did you ever hear the story Of Belinda Onlyque She was courted by the devil And she didn't know what to do He came a-courting Every evening [Chorus:] So Belinda got to thinking She would be the devil's wife It was better that than being An old maid all her life He came a-courting Every evening [Chorus:] So Belinda told the devil Sir, if I should marry you Would you treat me like the devil Or like better husbands do He came a-courting Every evening [Chorus:] So the devil told Belinda Now I'll fetch a load of bricks And I'll build for you, a mansion Right upon that fiddle sticks He came a-courting Every evening [Chorus:] So the devil took Belinda and He claimed her with a kiss And no one has ever seen her From that fatal day to this He came a-courting Every evening [Chorus:] Now they say that she would Still be living as the devil's wife For he spends his time Far away from marriage strife But he won't come Courting in the evening He came a-courting Every evening [Chorus:] Pickle up a doodle In the middle of the day