- Written & Originally performed by The Charlie Daniels Band (Charlie Daniels, Charles Hayward, Taz DiGregorio, James Marshall, Tom Crain
- Charlie Daniels was born Charles Edward Daniels on 10/28/36 in Wilmington, North Carolina
- At the 1999 TNN / Music City News Awards, a surprised Charlie Daniels was the recipient of the "Living Legend Award"
- The song has become the band's signature piece, it was a #1 Country hit in 1979, it also reached #3 on the Billboard magazine Top 40 charts
- It won Charlie Daniels a Grammy for best country vocal in 1979
- Devil Went Down To Georgia was the third of The Charlie Daniels Band's six Top 40 hits, it was also their third of their 14 Country Chart hits
- It was the only #1 Country song the band has charted to date
- DWDTG received a boost of renewed popularity when it
was used in the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy
starring John Travolta & Debra Winger
- When performed by Oracle, the story gets changed slightly, with "the devil came up to Maryland", and replacing "Johnny" with "Nikki", Oracle's dynamic fiddle player
- This is by far the most requested song in the entire Oracle repertoire
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Song Lyrics - The Devil Went Down To Georgia
The devil went down to Georgia,
He was lookin for a soul to
steal
He was in a bind 'cause he was way behind
And he was willin to make a deal
When he came upon this young man
Sawin on a fiddle and playin it hot
And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump and said
Boy let me tell you what
I bet you didn't know it
But I'm a fiddle player too
And if you care to make a dare
I'll make a bet with you
Now you play a pretty good fiddle, boy
But give the devil his due
I'll bet a fiddle of gold against your soul
Cause 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 and you're gonna regret
Cause I'm the best there's ever been
Johnny rosin up your bow an' play your fiddle hard
Cause hell's broke loose in Georgia an' the devil deals the cards
Now if you win you'll get this shiny fiddle made of gold,
But if you loose the devil gets your soul!
The devil opened up his case,
And he said I'll start this show
And fire flew from his fingertips
As he rosined up his bow
Then he pulled the bow across the strings
And it made an evil hiss
And a band of demons joined in
And it sounded something like this
When the devil finished Johnny said well you're pretty good
old son
But sit down in that chair right there & let me show you how it's done
He played Fire on the Mountain run boys, run
The devil's in the House of the Rising Sun
Chicken in a bread pan picken' out dough
Granny does your dog bite no child, no
The devil bowed his head because he knew that he'd been beat
And he laid that golden fiddle on the ground and Johnny's feet
Johnny said, Devil just come on back if you ever wanna try again
I done told you once you son of a bitch I'm the best there's ever been
And he played Fire on the Mountain run boys, run
The devil's in the House of the Rising Sun
Chicken in a bread pan picken' out dough
Granny does your dog bite no child, no
Note that the lyrics posted here are those as interpreted and performed by The Oracle Band. In a few cases we have taken some liberties with the lyrics to make them more appropriate for tasteful gatherings, and in the case of this song we change the gender to a female fiddle player named Nikki from Maryland. Their use here is intended as an aid for people in selecting music for their wedding reception or private party, and may not be reproduced for any commercial, for-profit use.
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