The Ballad Archive

A collection of mainly Irish song lyrics.
Online since 1996.

The Moonshiner

I’m a rambler, I’m a gambler, I’m a long way from home And if you don’t like me,…
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Mormond Braes

As I get doon by Strichen toon I heard a fair maid mournin’ She was makin’ sair complaint…
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The Morning After Blues

I woke up this morning and I had an awful pain in my head And knew from the…
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Moses Ri-Tooral-I-Ay

The policeman walked out, oh so proud on his beat When a vision came to him of stripes…
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The Moss O’ Burreldale

Have ye ever seen a tinkler’s camp upon a simmer’s nicht A nicht afore a market fin a’-thing’s…
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Mother Machree

There’s a spot in me heart which no colleen may own There’s a depth in me soul never…
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The Mountains Of Mourne

Oh, Mary, this London’s a wonderful sight With people here working by day and by night They don’t…
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Mourne Maggie

There was a farmer in the west With my yorams yorams yadio Who had a wife who wasn’t…
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Muirsheen Durkin

In the days I went a courtin’ I was never tired resortin’ To an alehouse or a playhouse…
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The Music And County Clare

I have always loved the jigs and reels since I first heard Din Joe Ay and Ciarán Mac…
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My Heart Is In Ireland

In the East End of London I met an old man He kept a bar called The Horses…
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My Heart’s Tonight In Ireland

In the town of Scariff the sun was shining in the sky When Willie Clancy played his pipes…
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My Lagan Love

Where Lagan stream sings lullaby There blows a lily fair The twilight gleam is in her eye The…
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My Little Son

Come me little son And I will tell you what we’ll do Undress yourself and get into bed…
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My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose

O my Love’s like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June O my Love’s like the…
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My Love She’s But A Lassie Yet

My love she’s but a lassie yet Oh My love she’s but a lassie yet We’ll let her…
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My Lovely Rose Of Clare

Oh my lovely rose of Clare You’re the sweetest girl I know You’re the queen of all the…
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My Singing Bird

I have seen the lark soar high at morn Heard his song up in the blue I have…
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My Son Ted

Missus McGrath lived near the seashore For the space of seven long years or more When she spied…
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Nancy Spain

Of all the stars that ever shone Not one does twinkle like your pale blue eyes And like…
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