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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