Uncle Earl - Sleepy Desert lyrics

rate me

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…