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[Verse 1]
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Wake up, wake up little Cory
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What makes you sleep so sound?
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When the marshals are a 'comin
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Gonna tear your still house down

[Verse 2]
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Go 'way, go 'way little Cory
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Quit your hangin' a-round my bed
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Bad liquor has ruined my body
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Pretty women has gone to my head

[Verse 3]
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The last time I seen little Cory
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She was standing with a bottle in her hand
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A'drinkin' down her sorrow
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Cause they took a-way her man

[Verse 4]
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Don't you hear them bluebirds a'singin'
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Don't you hear that mournful sound
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Don't you hear them bluebirds a'singin'
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My true love she lies under the ground

[Verse 5]
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I ain't gonna work tommorow
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I ain't gonna work next day
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I'll stay at home in sorrow
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If it is Christmas day

[Verse 6]
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Wake up, wake up little Cory
     A          E       A
What makes you sleep so sound?
         D               A
When the marshals are a 'comin
       A        E           A
Gonna tear your still house down