Wake up Irene Lyrics
Wake up Irene - Allard/Hatchcock
For months and months and months around the country
Everybody sang Irene goodnight
But she wouldn't go to bed no matter what they said
Though everybody tried with all their might
She stayed awake while steel guitars were a going
In every honky-tonk she could be seen
But she finally went to bed and covered up her head and
Now there's not a thing can wake Irene
Wakeup Irene you've sleep to long Wakeup Irene
It's time to move along
Wakeup Irene and pay for your bed Wakeup Irene
Or folks will think your dead
Lot's of guitar pickers by the dozen Sang goodnight Irene
All night and day
And even Crosby too with his bobobabobedo tried to
Get Irene to hit the hay
Well I guess they finally sang her off to slumber
They must have tried a million times or more
But oh my aching back when she finally hit the sack
Man you ought to hear that women snore
Wakeup Irene you've sleep to long
Wakeup Irene it's time to move along
Wakeup Irene and pay for your bed
Wakeup Irene or folks will think your dead