darlin' corey

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 on the banks of the sea

had a forty-four around her body

and a banjo 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

cold ground

dig a hole

dig a hole in the meadow

gonna lay darling corey down. can't you hear those bluebirds a singing

don't you hear that mournful sound

they're preaching darling corey's funeral

in some lonesome graveyard ground. wake up

wake up darlin corey

and go get me my gun

i ain't no man for fightin'

but i'll die before i run.