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| DARLING COREY Wake up, wake up, Darlin' Corey What makes you sleep so sound? Them revenue officers a'commin' For to tear your still-house down Well the first time I seen Darlin' Corey She was settin' by the side of the sea With a forty-four strapped across her bosom And a banjo on her knee Dig a hole, dig a hole, in the medder Dig a hole, in the col' col' groun' Dig a hole, dig a hole in the medder Goin' ter lay Darlin' Corey down The next time I seen Darlin' Corey She was standin' in the still-house door With her shoes and stockin's in her han' An' her feet all over the floor Wake up,wake up Darlin Corey Quit hangin' roun' my bed Hard likker has ruined my body Pretty wimmen has killed me mos' dead Wake up, wake up my darlin' Go do the best you can I've got me another woman You can get you another man Oh yes, oh yes my darlin' I'll do the best I can But I'll never take my pleasure With another gamblin' man Don' you hear them blue-birds singin'? Don' you hear that mournful sound? They're preachin' Corey's funeral In some lonesome buryin' groun' ------------------------------- another version ------------------------------- Wake up wake up darling Corey What makes you sleep so sound The revenue officers are coming They're gonna tear your still-house down Well the first time I seen darling Corey She was sitting by the banks of the sea Had a forty-four around her body And a five-string on her knee Go away go away darling Corey Quit hanging around my bed Your liquor has ruined my body Pretty women gone to my head Dig a hole dig a hole in the meadow Dig a hole in the cold damp ground Dig a hole dig a hole in the meadow We're gonna lay darling Corey down Can't you hear them bluebirds a-singing Don't you hear that mournful sound They're preaching darling Corey's funeral In some lonesome graveyard ground |