"Darling Corey" genre: Alternative Country
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	Rocked out, Punked out version of a traditional Bluegrass song
	CD: Up Till Now
	Story Behind the Song A traditional song that exists with many variations in form. Constant elements in the song are the command for the girl of the title to “wake up” and lines about “digging a hole in the meadow/ground.” Some recordings are as Darlin’ Corey or Darlin' Cora but majority are Darling Corey. “It seems that “Darling Corey” dates from the late 19th century. It shares words with 'Country Blues' as well as “Little Maggie”. Dock Boggs recorded 'Country Blues' in 1927 and had learned it from Homer Crawford of Tennessee probably about 1914 under the title 'Hustling Gamblers'. Boggs added verses of his own. In his notes to the Revenant reissue of Boggs' complete early recordings, Barry O'Connell suggests that this 'lyric and tune family' (Hustling Gamblers, Darling Corey, Country Blues etc)'has been around in the southern mountains for over a century'. He went on to say: 'The family of tunes probably originates late in the 19th century and belongs to the then developing tradition of white blues ballads'.” The song appears to have been played in neighboring Grayson County, Virginia, a generation earlier, according to Richard Nevins, which points out how isolated the mountainous regions were around the turn of the century. Lyrics 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 They're gonna lay darling Corey down Well, the last time I saw darling Corey On the banks of the deep blue sea Two pistols around her body And a banjo on her knee Wake up, wake up, darling Corey And go get me my gun I ain't no man for trouble But I'll die before I'll run Wake up, wake up, darling Corey What makes you sleep so sound The highway robbers are coming They're gonna tear your playhouse down - Monroe Brothers (1936)

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