Sleepy Desert

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 saysSome 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 meAwake, awakeYou 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 bestAwake, awakeI 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 meAwake, awake