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…