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.
Humours Of Donnybrook Fair (The)
To Donnybrook steer all you sons of Parnassus Poor painters, poor poets, poor newsmen and knaves…
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Hymn To St Finbarr
You may talk of the Saints and the Scholars Whose names we all learned in school…
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I Ain’t Got Nobody
I ain’t got nobody, ain’t nobody got me I’m just like a little apple, hanging on…
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I Know My Love
I know my love by his way of walking And I know my love by his…
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I Know Where I’m Going
I know where I’m going And I know who’s going with me I know who I…
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I Know Who Is Sick
I know who is sick, I know who is sorry I know who I’ll kiss, but…
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I Loved The Ground She Walked Upon
I loved the ground she walked upon And the air she would softly breathe The feather…
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I Wish I Was A Big Red Apple
I wish I was a big red apple Hanging on an apple tree And every time…
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I Wish I Was Back In Liverpool
I wish I was back in Liverpool Liverpool town where I was born Where there ain’t…
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I Wish I Was In England
Oh well I wish that I was in England, in France or even in Spain Wherever…
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I’ll Go And List For A Sailor
Oh list, oh list to me sorrowful lay And attention give to me song, I pray…
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I’ll Tell Me Ma
I’ll tell me ma when I get home The boys won’t leave the girls alone Pulled…
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I’m A Darlin’
As I walked out of Chester city At the late hour of the night Who should…
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I’m A Rover
I’m a rover, seldom sober I’m a rover of high degree It’s when I’m drinkin’ I’m…
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I’m A Stranger In This Country
I’m a stranger in this country from a far and distant lan’ I went into an…
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I’m Asking You Sergeant Where’s Mine
I’m lyin’ in bed, I’m in room twenty-six Thinkin’ on things that I’ve done Like drinkin’…
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I’m Going Home To Mary
I have traveled east and I have traveled west And they say a man with wandering…
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I’m Gonna Put On My Walking Boots
I’m gonna go where the cold winds blow I’m gonna splash in the pouring rain I’m…
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I’ve Got Rings On My Fingers
Now Jim O’Shea was cast away Upon an Indian Isle The natives there they liked his…
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
If I should fall from grace with god Where no doctor can relieve me If I’m…
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