Based on Black Southern folklore rooted in African oral traditions that subverted the Anglo-American Christian canon, Barefoot Gal, is an interpretation of the delta story of the Barefoot Woman. The folktale goes, a newly married couple are completely infatuated with one another; so much so that the Devil himself can’t separate the two. The Ol’ Devil meets a Barefoot Woman at a crossroads and she insists she can break up the newlyweds for a price: brand new shoes. She ultimately tricks the couple into breaking up and gets the shoes from the Devil, revealing herself to be his wife.