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…