Traditional, arr. by Crooked Still [ cross-picked, refrain after each verse as you feel ] Wake up wake up darling Corey Tell me what makes you sleep so sound The highway robbers are coming They're ringing around your town / D - / - A / : {refrain} 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 Go away go away darling Corey Quit hanging around my bed Pretty women gonna run me distracted Corn liquor is killing me dead Well the first time I seen darling Corey She was standing in the door She had her shoes and stocking in her hands And her little feet on the floor [ nice if no refrain from last verse ] Well the next time I seen darling Corey She was sitting on the banks of the sea Had a forty-four wrapped around her body And a banjo on her knee Oh the last time I saw my Corey She had a wine glass in her hand She was drinking that sweet liquor With a low-down gambing man [ nice to do this one sparsely ] 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 (additional/variant verses) Oh the last time I saw Darling Corey She had a forty-five in her hand Said she'd kill the revenue officers If they leave here with my man Oh watch out for Darling Corey Because she's a crackerjack shot She put a bead on the tax man And she blowed his head clean off Wake up wake up Darlin Corey And go and bring me my gun I ain't no man for trouble But the trouble's already begun Better run, better run Darling Corey It's best to get thee gone Corn liquor's done ruined my body And I don't believe I can come along 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 Go away, go away darling Corey Quit hanging around my bed Your liquor has ruined my body Pretty women has gone to my head |
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