The Ballad Archive

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

Nancy Whiskey

I’m a weaver, a Calton weaver I’m a rash and a roving blade I’ve got silver in my…
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Navigator

The canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts They blasted and dug with their sweat and their…
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Navvy Boots

Oh, I am an old navvy and I work on the line And the last place I worked…
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Nell Flaherty’s Drake

Oh my name it is Nell and the truth for to tell I come from Cootehill which I’ll…
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Nelson’s Farewell

Poor old Admiral Nelson is no longer in the air Toora loora loora loora loora loo On the…
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Net Hauling Song

It’s busk ye, me boy’s, get you up on the deck And take up your stations for hauling…
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New South Wales

Here we are in New South Wales Shearing sheep as big as whales With leather necks and daggy…
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The Newry Highwayman

In Newry Town I was bred and born In Steven’s Green now I’ll lie in scorn I served…
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Nicky Tams

When I wis only ten ‘ears aul’ I left the pairish squeel Ma father fee’d me tae the…
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The Night That Paddy Murphy Died (1)

The night that Paddy Murphy died I never shall forget The whole damn crew got stinking drunk and…
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The Night That Paddy Murphy Died (2)

Oh the night that Paddy Murphy died, is a night I’ll never forget Some of the boys got…
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Night Visiting Song

I must away now, I can no longer tarry This morning’s tempest I have to cross I must…
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The Nightingale

As I went a walking one morning in May I met a young couple so far did we…
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Nora

Oh the violets were scenting the woods, Nora Displaying their charm to the bee When I first said…
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North Sea Holes

Come all you gallant fishermen That plough the stormy sea The whole year round on the fishing grounds…
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Now I’m Easy

For nearly sixty years I’ve been a cockie Of droughts and fires and floods I’ve lived through plenty…
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O’Connell’s Steam Engine

Oh people of heart I pray pay attention Listen to what I’m about to relate Concerning a couple…
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O’Donnell Abú

Proudly the note of the trumpet is sounding Loudly the war cries arise on the gale Fleetly the…
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O’Rafferty’s Motor Car

Now Dinny O’Rafferty’s motor car Is the greatest I declare It’s made up of bits and pieces That…
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Off To Dublin In The Green

Oh, I am a merry ploughboy and I plough the fields all day Till a sudden thought came…
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