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.
Navigator
The canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts They blasted and dug with their sweat…
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Navvy Boots
Oh, I am an old navvy and I work on the line And the last place…
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Nell Flaherty’s Drake
Oh my name it is Nell and the truth for to tell I come from Cootehill…
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Nelson’s Farewell
Poor old Admiral Nelson is no longer in the air Toora loora loora loora loora loo…
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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…
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New South Wales
Here we are in New South Wales Shearing sheep as big as whales With leather necks…
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Newry Highwayman (The)
In Newry Town I was bred and born In Steven’s Green now I’ll lie in scorn…
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Nicky Tams
When I wis only ten ‘ears aul’ I left the pairish squeel Ma father fee’d me…
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Night That Paddy Murphy Died (The) (1)
The night that Paddy Murphy died I never shall forget The whole damn crew got stinking…
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Night That Paddy Murphy Died (The) (2)
Oh the night that Paddy Murphy died, is a night I’ll never forget Some of the…
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Night Visiting Song
I must away now, I can no longer tarry This morning’s tempest I have to cross…
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Nightingale (The)
As I went a walking one morning in May I met a young couple so far…
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Nora
Oh the violets were scenting the woods, Nora Displaying their charm to the bee When I…
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North Sea Holes
Come all you gallant fishermen That plough the stormy sea The whole year round on the…
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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…
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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…
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O’Donnell Abú
Proudly the note of the trumpet is sounding Loudly the war cries arise on the gale…
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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…
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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…
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Old Alarm Clock (The)
When first I came to London In the year of thirty nine The city looked so…
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