English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians

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	Awake! Awake!
	7 It's rise you up, love, come and pity me, For I'm going away to some sandy river bottom, And while I spend my days, my weeks, my months and years, I'll eat nothing but green willow and drink nothing but my tears. 8 Come back, come back, my love, and let me tell you. If you will go with me, I will forsake both father and mother And go along with you and spend my life for ever. c

	2 O Willie dear, it's no use to ask him. He's in his room and taking his rest. By his side a golden dagger To kill the one that I love best. 3 O Katie dear, go ask your mother If you may be a bride of mine; If she says No, please come and tell me; And I'll no longer trouble you. 4 O Willie dear, it's no use to ask. She's in her room and taking her rest. By her side a silver dagger To kill the one that I love best. 5 O he picked up a silver dagger, He pierced it through his wounded breast. Farewell, Kitty, farewell, darling, I'll die for the one that I love best. 6 She picked up the bloody weapon, She pierced it through her snow-white breast. Farewell, mamma, farewell papa, I'll go with the one that I love best.
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