Wake Up- Henry Cooper (NC) 1924 Chappell A
[From: Folk-songs of Roanoke and the Albemarle by Louis Watson Chappell; Ballad Press, 1939.
R. Matteson 2016]
A. Wake Up- Sung by Henry Cooper of Chapanoke, NC in 1924.
Wake up, wake up, you drowsy sleeper,
Wake up, wake up, it's almost day,
And tell to me the very reason
Why I am slighted so by thee.
Love, O love, go ask your father
If you this night my bride can be;
If he says no, come and tell me
And no more will I trouble thee.
No, I can't ask my father,
He is on his bed at rest;
And in his hand he holds a dagger
To pierce the one that breaks his rest.
Love, O love, go ask your mother
If you this night my bride can be;
If she says no, love, come and tell me
And no more will I trouble thee.
No, I can't ask my mother,
She is on her bed at rest;
And in her hand she holds a letter
From the one that I love best.