The Devil's Song

**The Devil's Song** is a song that appears in The Cuphead Show! within the episode Carn-Evil. It is composed by Ego Plum and about the Devil singing about how good it is to be himself.

## Lyrics

**[The Devil]**

**(Talking)** Everyone loves a carnival. What a haul.

*Whoa!*

*In case you ain't heard, I'm the Devil.*

*I'm real low down, not on the level.*

*They call me Old Scratch, Mr. S, the Big D.*

*I'm the king of the underworld. Yeah, it's great to be me.*

*Ho-di-llie doh-di-llie doh-di-llie doh.*

**[Imps]**

*Ho-di-llie doh-di-llie doh-di-llie doh.*

**[The Devil]**

*Hee-di-llie hee-di-llie hee-di-llie hee!*

**[Souls]**

*Hee-di-llie hee-di-llie hee-di-llie hee.*

**[The Devil]**

*I'm a real naughty boy, I'm sure you'll agree.*

*I get my kicks playing tricks on the locals.*

*They're easy marks, they're real dumb yokels.*

*But now folks, listen closely,*

*it's time I made a confession.*

*Collecting people's souls is my greatest obsession!*

**(Laughing)**

## Extended version

According to composer Ego Plum, a full extended version of the song exists. The Devil's song has a roughly three-minute extended set of lyrics, which was previewed a day before Season 3 did via Collider, along with "Roll the Dice", as part of the soundtrack album.

### Extended lyrics

**[The Devil]**

*Whoa!*

*In case you ain't heard, I'm the Devil.*

*I'm a-real low down, not on the level.*

*They call me Old Scratch, Mr. S, the Big D.*

*I'm the king of the underworld. Yeah, it's great to be me.*

*Look around, we've got brimstone and fire*

*Pain and suffering to your heart's desire*

*I've got an army of demons waiting at my command*

*And the fate of the wicked in the palm of my hand!*

**(Laughing)**

*Ho-di-llie doh-di-llie doh-di-llie doh.*

**[Imps]**

*Ho-di-llie doh-di-llie doh-di-llie doh.*

**[The Devil]**

*Hee-di-llie hee-di-llie hee-di-llie hee!*

**[Souls]**

*Hee-di-llie hee-di-llie hee-di-llie hee.*

**[The Devil]**

*I'm a real naughty boy, I'm sure you'll agree.*

*I get my kicks playing tricks on the locals.*

*They're easy marks, they're real dumb yokels.*

*But now folks, listen closely, it's time I made a confession.*

*Collecting people's souls is my greatest obsession!*

**(Laughing)**

**(Instrumental Interlude)**

*So, now that you've heard my story*

*You'll see my power in all its glory!*

*One day, I'll own every soul, yeah, that's just what I'll do*

*I'll get everyone else's and I'm coming for you!*

*Yes! They call me Old Scratch, Mr. S, the Big D.*

*I'm the king of the underworld…*

*And it's great to be me!*

**(Laughing)**

## Trivia

* For the nicknames the Devil gives himself, "Mr. S" in full likely means "Mr. Satan", and "Big D" refers to the fact that the Devil's name starts with a D. "Ol' Scratch" is another popular pseudonym for the Devil and has been used in many popular stories such as *Witch* by Jen Silverman and *A Christmas Carol* by Charles Dickens.
* This musical number has a few similarities to Cab Calloway's rotoscoped musical number in the 1932 Fleischer cartoon *Minnie the Moocher*, as well as the song Little Girls from the musical stage play *Annie* and Oogie Boogie's Song from the 1993 film *The Nightmare Before Christmas*.
* In "Roll the Dice", if one listens close enough, during King Dice and the Devil's phone call, an alternate version of the song can be heard playing in the background.
* **Innuendo:** The Devil says people call him "the Big D" and states he's "a real naughty boy" while his hand looks like it's positioned conveniently.