Awake, awake, you sleepy desert

Awake, awake, it's a-comin' day

Stick your head out of the window

And see what your true lover says



Some people say that courting's pleasure

Oh what pleasure do I see

The dearest girl in this world

Has gone and turned her back on me



Awake, awake??¦



You needn't to bother asking my papa

He's in his room taking his rest

And in his hand he holds a weapon

To kill the man that I love best



Awake, awake??¦



I have no one to follow to the bedroom

I have no one to sleep with me

I have a wife way up in heaven

And the lord knows she loves me



Awake, awake??¦

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