The Ballad Archive

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

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

When I was a young man I carried me pack And I lived the free life of the…
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The Banks Of My Own Lovely Lee

How oft do my thoughts in their fancy take flight To the home of my childhood away To…
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The Banks Of Newfoundland (1)

On St. Patrick’s Day, the seventeenth From New York we set sail Kind fortune did favour us Wi’…
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The Banks Of Newfoundland (2)

Me bully boys of Liverpool I’ll have you to beware When you sail in the packet ship No…
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The Banks Of Red Roses

Oh, when I was a young thing, I heard my mother say That I was a foolish lass…
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The Banks Of The Bann

When first unto this country a stranger I came I placed my affections on a maid that was…
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The Banks Of The Lee

Where true lovers meet Beneath the green bower Where true lovers meet Out beneath the green tree And…
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The Banks Of The Roses

On the Banks of the Roses me love and I sat down And I took out me fiddle…
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The Banks Of The Sweet Primroses

As I roved out one midsummer’s morning To view the fields and to take the air ‘Twas down…
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Bantry Girls Lament

Oh, who will plough the fields now And who will sow the corn And who will watch the…
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Barbara Allen

Michaelmas Day being a day in the year When the green leaves, they were falling Young Johnny Grove…
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The Bard Of Armagh

Oh, list to the lay of a poor Irish harper And scorn not the strains of his old…
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Barley And Grape Rag

I don’t care if I get arrested ‘Cause tonight they’ll need more than a ball and chain I…
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Barnyards Of Delgaty

As I got down to Turra market Turra market for to fee I fell in with a wealthy…
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Battle Of The Somme

Rough the wind in the clear day’s dawning Blows the clouds heels for gowdie ow’r the bay But…
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Beautiful City

I have sought to discover a haven of rest Where the sun sinks by night in the land…
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Been On The Road (So Long)

I’ve been on the road So long Been tired and cold So long I’ve been to the south…
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Beer, Beer, Beer

A long time ago, way back in history When all there was to drink was nothin but cups…
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Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms

Believe me if all those endearing young charms Which I gaze on so fondly today Were to change by…
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The Bells Of Rhymney

“Oh what will you give me?” Sang the sad bells of Rhymney “Is there hope for the future?”…
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