The Ballad Archive
A collection of mainly Irish song lyrics. You will also find plenty of Scottish and some English, American and Australian lyrics too. Online since 1996.
A Bunch Of Thyme
Come all you maidens young and fair All you that are blooming in your prime And…
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A Dream Of Liberty
One night as the wind whispered eerie tales And the stars danced to and fro I…
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A Jar Of Porter
Toora loora loora la, toora loora loora la Toora loora loora la give the child a…
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A Jug Of Punch
One pleasant evening in the month of June As I was sitting with my glass and…
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A Little Bit Of Heaven
Have you ever heard the story Of how Ireland got its name? I’ll tell you so…
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A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day
Oh my name is Jock Stewart I’m a canny gun man And a roving young fellow…
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A Man’s A Man
Is there for honest poverty That hings his heed and a’ that The coward slave we…
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A Mother’s Love Is A Blessing
An Irish boy was leaving Leaving his native home Crossing the broad Atlantic Once more he…
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A Nation Once Again
When boyhood’s fire was in my blood I read of ancient freemen For Greece and Rome…
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A Pair Of Brown Eyes
One summer evening drunk to hell I sat there nearly lifeless An old man in the…
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A Place In The Choir
All god’s creatures got a place in the choir Some sing low and some sing higher…
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A Rainy Night In Soho
I’ve been loving you a long time Down all the years, down all the days And…
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Ae Fond Kiss
Ae fond kiss and then we sever Ae fareweel and then forever Deep in heart-wrung tears…
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After The Ball Is Over
A little maiden climbed an old man’s knee Begged for a story – “Do, uncle, please!”…
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Aghadoe
There’s a glen in Aghadoe, Aghadoe, Aghadoe There’s a deep and secret glen in Aghadoe Where…
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Alabama 58
In Alabama 1958 The cost of human life is very low A man that’s black is…
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All Around My Hat
All around my hat I will wear the green willow All around my hat for a…
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All For Me Grog
And it’s all for me grog me jolly, jolly grog All for my beer and tobacco…
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Amhrán Na BhFiann
Seo dhibh a cháirde duan Óglaigh Cathréimeach briomhar ceolmhar Ár dtinte cnámh go buacach táid ‘S…
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Anna Liffey
As down by Anna Liffey Me love and I did stray Where in the good old…
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