Drowsy Sleeper- Mrs. Duncan (MO-TX) 1940 Belden F
[From: Ballads and Songs, 1940- Belden. The same stanza was reported from Texas in 1870 (see headnotes).
R. Matteson 2016]
F. "Drowsy Sleeper." A single stanza, sent to me by Mrs. J. T. Duncan of Excelsior Springs, Missouri, as the beginning of a song that used to be very popular 'in the rural districts of Northern Texas.'
'Awake, arise, ye drowsy sleeper,
Awake, arise, 'tis almost day.
Why will ye lie and sleep and slumber
While your own true lover goes away?'