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Artist/Band: Hank Thompson
Lyrics for Song: Wake Up Irene
Lyrics for Album: Quintessential Hank Thompson 1948-1979 [2003]



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



Wake up Irene, you've sleep too long

Wake up Irene, it's time to move along

Wake up Irene, and pay for your bed

Wake up Irene or folks will think you're dead



Lot?s of guitar pickers by the dozen

Sang 'Goodnight Irene' all night and day

And even Crosby too with his bo bo bo bo be do

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



Wake up Irene, you've sleep too long

Wake up Irene, it's time to move along

Wake up Irene, and pay for your bed

Wake up Irene or folks will think you're dead


Album Lyrics: Quintessential Hank Thompson 1948-1979 [2003]


Hank Thompson
"Quintessential Hank Thompson 1948-1979 [2003]"


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2. Wake Up Irene
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