[Verse 1]
Wake up, wake up, darling Corey
What makes you sleep so sound?
The revenue officers are coming
For to tear your still house down

[Verse 2]
The first time I saw darling Corey
She was sitting by the sea
Had a pistol strapped about her body
And a banjo on her knee

[Verse 3]
Go away, go away, darling Corey (Go away, go away, darling Corey)
Quit hanging 'round my bed (Quit hanging ’round my bed)
Pretty women driving me crazy (Pretty women driving me crazy)
Corn liquor's killing me dead (Corn liquor's killing me dead)

[Verse 4]
The last time I seen darling Corey
Had a drem glass in her hand
She was trying to drive away hеr troubles
With a ramblin’, gamblin' man

[Verse 5]
Dig a hole, dig a hole in thе meadow
Dig a hole in the cold, cold ground
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow
Just to lay poor Corey down
[Verse 6]
Oh, listen to the bluebirds a-singing
Don't you hear that mournful sound
They're a-preaching Corey's funeral
In that lonesome graveyard ground

[Verse 7]
Wake up, wake up, darling Corey
What makes you sleep so sound?
The revenue officers are coming
For to tear your still house down