Darling Corey - Banjo - Folk Song - outro commentary

Darling Corey, Darlin`Corey, Darlin` Cora, Darlin` Corey - all different names for the same song - is a traditional folk song. Darling Corey makes moonshine, drinks and hangs out with gambling men, carries around a 44. I play it on a mountain style banjo. Index lead upstroke. There is somewhat lengthy commentary at the end where I talk about Darling Corey and other things. The song itself is only a few minutes long.

Darlin` Corey
traditional lyrics
performed by Dan D. Dirges
banjo in double C tuning (relative)

Wake up, wake up darlin cory
what makes you sleep so sound
The revenue officers are comin
Gonna tear your still house down

Go away go away darling Corey
Quit your hanging around my bed
pretty women run me distracted
corn liquor gonna kill me dead

Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow
Dig a hole in the cold, cold ground
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow
Gonna lay darlin cory down

the first time I saw darlin cory
She was standin in my door
her shoes and her stockings in her hand
And her little bare feet on the floor

the next time I saw darlin cory
She was standin by the banks of the sea
she had a 44 strapped around her body
And a banjo on her knee

the last time I saw darlin cory
She had a wine glass in her hand
She was drinkin that sweet corn liquor
With a low down gamblin man.

Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow
Dig a hole in the cold, cold ground
Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow
Gonna lay darlin cory down

Can't you hear those bluebirds a singing
Don't you hear that mournful sound
They're preaching darling corey's funeral
In the lonesome graveyard ground

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