Maz O'Connor - Awake Awake

Awake awake, you drowsy sleeper

Awake awake, It's almost day

How can you sleep so free of troubles

when you have stolen my heart away?

Oh hush now, hush, oh hush my darling

my father lies asleep next door

and 'round his neck a silver dagger

to kill the one that I adore

And steal away with me by starlight

In deepest forests we will hide

The nightingales would sing so sweetly

if you this night would be my bride

I cannot steal away by starlight

and I cannot be your wedded bride

my father he would surely follow

and slay you sleeping by my side

Oh now I see how love is fleeting

and only firm when it is new

so I will travel far from England

just to flee the thoughts of you

It's many times I've passed the window

and many times wished to come in

but now I wish for but for a whiskey

that I might drown my sorrows in

Awake awake you drowsy sleeper

awake awake, It's almost day

How can you sleep so free of troubles

when you have stolen my heart away?

      Maz O’Connor é uma folksinger inglesa que canta temas tradicionais e também composições suas. Em 2013, foi escolhida para receber o BBC Folk Awards Horizon Award, pela beleza da sua voz, pelos textos cuidados e pelo todo limpo de cada tema. Este, por exemplo, lembra as velhas baladas escocesas com diálogos entre amantes sempre com problemas de aceitação familiar. No YouTube encontram-se outros momentos da compositora e todos eles muito belos.