DARLING COREY
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- Song Title
- DARLING COREY
- Writers
- Publisher
- FOLKWAYS MUSIC PUBLISHERS, INC. (BMI)
- % Publisher Controls
- 100%
- Territory Controlled
- WORLD
- Themes/Keywords
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Death, Gambling, Sleep, Wake, Women
- Lyrics
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Wake up, wake up, darling Corey,
What makes you sleep so sound?
The revenue officers are comin’,
Gonna tear your still house down.
Well the first time I seen darling Corey
She was standin’ by the sea.
Had a forty-five strapped around her bosom,
Had a banjo on her knee.
Wake up, wake up, darling Corey,
What makes you sleep so sound?
The revenue officers are comin’,
Gonna tear your still house down.
Go ‘way, go ‘way, darling Corey,
Quit hangin’ ‘round my bed.
Bad likker has ruined my body,
Pretty wimmin gone to my head.
Oh yes, oh yes, my darlin’,
I’ll do the best I can,
But I’ll never give my pleasure
To another gamblin’ man.
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.VIEW COMPLETE FEWER LYRICS
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