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 thought it was the finest thing i ever had seen i asked if i could have one someday when i grew up mama dropped a dozen eggs she really blew up she really blew up i didn t understand mama said the pistol is the devil s right hand the devil s right hand the devil s right hand mama said the pistol is the devil s right hand my very first pistol was a cap and ball colt shoot as fast as lightning but she loads a mite slow loads a mite slow and soon i found out it can 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 never knew why i didn t understand mama said the pistol is the devil s right hand the devil s right hand the devil s right hand mama said the pistol is the devil s right hand the devil s right hand the devil s right hand mama said the pistol is the devil s right hand  1 38 1 53 well i got into a card game in a company town caught a miner cheatin i shot the dog down shot the dog down i watched the man fall never touched his holster never had a chance to draw my 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 said the pistol is the devil s right hand the devil s right hand the devil s right hand nothin touched the trigger but the devil s right hand my mama said the pistol is the devil s right hand 