Wake up wake up Darlin' Cora

Wanna see you one more time

The sheriff and his hound dogs a coming

I gotta move on down the line.

I don't know why darlin' Cora

Don't know what the reason can be

But I never had found a single town

Where me and my boss-man agree.

I ain't a man to be played with

I ain't nobody's toy

Been working for my pay for a long long time

How come he still calls me boy.

Well I'd rather drink muddy water

And sleep in a hollowed out log

Than to hang around in this old town

And be treated like a dirty dog.

Well I whopped that man darlin' Cora

And he fell down where he stood

Don't know if I was wrong darlin' Cora

But Lord it sure felt good.

If it wasn't so dark darlin' Cora

You'd see tears trickling down my face

It breaks my heart darlin' Cora

But I got to leave this place.

Wake up wake up darlin' Cora