[Verse 1]
Wake up, wake up darling Corey
Tell me what makes you sleep so sound?
Them highway robbers are coming
They're ringing around your town

[Chorus]
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 darling Corey down

[Verse 2]
Go away, go away darling Corey
Quit hangin' around my bed
Pretty women gonna run me distracted
Corn liquor is killing me dead

[Chorus]
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 darling Corey down

[Verse 3]
Oh, the first time I saw darling Corey
She was standing in the door
She had her shoes and her stockings in her hands
And her little bare feet on the floor
[Verse 4]
Oh, the next time I saw darling Corey
She was sitting on the banks of the sea
She had a forty-four strapped around her body
And a banjo on her knee

[Chorus]
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 darling Corey down

[Verse 5]
Oh, last time I saw darling Corey
She had a wine glass in her hand
She was drinking that sweet liquor
With a low-down, gambling man

[Chorus]
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 darling Corey down

[Verse 6]
Don't you hear those bluebirds singing?
Don't you hear that mournful sound?
They're preaching Corey's funeral
In the lonesome graveyard ground
[Chorus]
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 darling Corey down