waukrife

In an hour or more after I lay down M'Iver alarmed the advance-guard of my coming sleep by his unconscious whistle of a pibroch, and I sat up to find that the cleric was sharing my waukrife rest He had cast his peruke.

John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro

E'en frae the waukrife stream that ran in silver glintin 'by;

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

But here ’s a waukrife laddie, that winna fa’ asleep.

Willie Winkie 1895

But here's a waukrife laddie that winna fa 'asleep.

Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library 1884