Darling Corey

Wake up, wake up, darling Corey
What makes you sleep so sound
The revenue officers are coming
Gonna tear your still-house down

Go away, go away, darling Corey
Quit hanging around my bed
Your liquor has ruined my body
Pretty woman gone to my head

Chorus
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow
Dig a hole in the cold damp ground
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow
Gonna lay darling Corey down

Can't you hear them bluebirds a-singing
Don't you hear that mournful sound?
They're preaching darling Corey's funeral
In some lonesome graveyard ground

Chorus

Gonna lay darling Corey down

THE SELDOM SCENE - Act 1