Wake up, wake up, my darling Go run and get my gun Now, I ain't no man for trouble But I'll die before I run ♪ Last night, upon my pillow Last night upon my bed Got them prison walls around me Them cold chains on my neck ♪ Well, I never missed my woman Until the day she died And I never missed my water Till the day my spring ran dry ♪ 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 And lay my darlin' down ♪ Oh, the last time I seen my darlin' She's a-sittin' on the banks of the sea With her .44 on her shoulder And her banjo on her knee ♪ Wake up, wake up, my darlin' What makes you sleep so sound? Them highway men are comin' Gonna burn our still house down Gonna burn our still house down