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The Drowsy Sleeper

from Song by Lissa Schneckenburger

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the drowsy sleeper
source: “The Maine Woods Songster” edited by Phillips Barry, 1939

Arise arise you drowsy sleeper, arise arise it’s almost day
There’s someone at your bedroom window a-mourning there so bitterly

Oh who is at my bedroom window a-mourning there so bitterly
Tis I tis I your own true loved one, the boy you always loved the best

Oh Mary dear go ask your father if you my wedded bride shall be
If he says no, love come and tell me and I’ll no longer trouble thee

Oh Willie dear I dare not ask him for he lies in his bed at rest
And by his side a silver dagger to pierce the heart that I love best

Oh Mary dear go ask your mother if you my wedded bride shall be
If she says no, love come and tell me and I’ll no longer trouble thee

Oh Willie dear I need not ask her for she is bound to set us free
So Willie dear go court some other she whispered softly unto me

Oh I can climb the highest tree love and I can rob the eagle’s nest
And I can court the prettiest fair maid but not the one that I love best

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from Song, released April 27, 2013
The Drowsy Sleeper
source: “The Maine Woods Songster” edited by Phillips Barry, 1939

Lissa Schneckenburger (vocals, fiddle) Keith Murphy (guitar), Corey DiMario (double bass), Eric Merrill (viola), Natalie Haas (cello), Hanneke Cassel (violin)

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Lissa Schneckenburger Brattleboro, Vermont

The traditional music of New England can be as warm and comforting as a winter fire or as potent and exhilarating as a summer thunderstorm. Fiddler, singer, and composer Lissa Schneckenburger is a master of both moods, a winsome, sweet-voiced singer who brings new life to old ballads and a skillful, dynamic fiddler who captures the driving rhythm and carefree joy of dance tunes old and new. ... more

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