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.
Goodbye Mick
The Ship it sails in half an hour To cross the broad Atlantic My friends are…
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Gortnamona
Long, long ago in the woods of Gortnamona I thought the birds were singing in the…
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Grace
As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Jail I think about these past…
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Grat For Gruel
There was a weaver o’ the North An’ o but he wis cruel The very first…
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Great Hunger (The)
It was in the year 1845A great hunger came o’er the landAnd it was the neglect…
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Great Silkie (The)
An earthly nourice sits and sings And aye she sings by the lily-wean Little ken I…
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Green Fields Of France
Well how do you do Private William McBride Do you mind if I sit here down…
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Green Glens Of Antrim (The)
Far across yonder blue lies a true fairy land With the sea rippling over the shingle…
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Greenland Fisheries
There she blows! In eighteen hundred and fortysix Of June the thirteenth day Our gallant ship…
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Greenland Whale Fisheries (The)
In eighteen hundred and forty four Of March the eighteenth day We hoisted our colours To…
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Hackler From Grouse Hall (The)
I am a roving hackler lad that loves the shamrock shore My name is Pat McDonnell…
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Hand Me Down Me Petticoat
Oh hand me down me petticoat And hand me down me shawl Oh hand me down…
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Hand Me Down My Bible
Oho glory-o, now I am the Lord’s disciple Oho glory-o, now hand me down my bible…
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Handsome Cabin Boy (The)
It’s of a pretty female As you may understand Her mind being bent on ramblin’ Unto…
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Hard Times
Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count its many tears While we all sup sorrow…
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Hard Traveling
I’ve been havin’ some hard travelin’, I thought you knowed I’ve been havin’ some hard travelin’,…
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Haughs O’ Cromdale (The)
As I cam in by Auchendoun Just a wee bit fae the toon Tae the Hielands…
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Haul Away Joe
When I was a little boy So my mother told me, to me Way haul away,…
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Heave Away, My Johnny
There’s some that’s bound for New York town and some that’s bound for France Heave away…
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Heiland Harry
My Harry was a gallant blade Fou dainty straid he on the plain Noo he’s banished…
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