about the time that daddy left to fight the big war i saw my first pistol in the general store in the general store when i was thirteen i thought it was the finest thing i ever had seen so l asked if i could have one someday when i grew up mama dropped a dozen eggs she really blew up she really blew up and she didn t understand mama said the pistol is the devil s right hand the devil s right hand the devil s right hand mama says the pistol is the devil s right hand my very first pistol was a cap and ball colt shoots as fast as lightnin but it loads a mite slow it loads a mite slow and soon i found out it ll get you into trouble but it can t get you out so then i went and bought myself a colt 45 called a peacemaker but i never knew why i never knew why i didn t understand mama says the pistol is the devil s right hand the devil s right hand the devil s right hand mama says the pistol is the devil s right hand got into a card game in a company town i caught a miner cheating i shot the dog down i shot the dog down i watched the man fall he never touched his holster never had a chance to draw the trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed asked me how i pleaded not guilty i said not guilty i said you ve got the wrong man nothing touched the trigger but the devil s right hand the devil s right hand the devil s right hand mama says the pistol is the devil s right hand the devil s right hand the devil s right hand mama says the pistol is the devil s right hand