The Ballad Archive

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

Whiskey On A Sunday

Oh, he sits at the corner of Beggar’s Bush Astride of an old packing case And the dolls…
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Whiskey, You’re The Devil

Whiskey, you’re the devil, you’re leadin’ me astray Over hills and mountains and to Americae You’re sweeter, stronger,…
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The Whistling Gypsy

Gypsy rover, come over the hill Down through the valley so shady He whistled and he sang til…
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Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs Murphy’s Chowder?

Mrs Murphy gave a party just about a week ago Everything was plentiful, The Murphys, they’re not slow…
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Why, Oh Why?

Why can’t a dish break a hammer? Why, oh why, oh why? ‘Cause a hammer’s a hard head…
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Wild Colonial Boy

So come away me hearties, we’ll roam the mountains high Together we will plunder and together we will…
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The Wild Colonial Boy

There was a wild colonial boy, Jack Duggan was his name He was born and raised in Ireland,…
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The Wild Rover

I’ve been a wild rover for many’s the year I’ve spent all me money on whiskey and beer…
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Will the circle be unbroken By and by, Lord, by and by There’s a better home awaiting In…
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Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?

Oh the summertime is coming And the trees are sweetly blooming And the wild mountain thyme Grows around…
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William Bloat

In a mean abode on the Shankill Road Lived a man named William Bloat And he had a…
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The Wind Blew The Bonnie Lassie’s Plaidie Awa

For there wis a bonnie lassie an’ she lived in Crieff She went into a butcher’s shop when…
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The Wind That Shakes The Barley

I sat within the valley green I sat me with my true love My sad heart strove the…
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Winds Of Morning

I’ve walked the hills when rain was falling Rested by a wide oak tree Heard a lark sing…
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Women Of Ireland

Women, Women of Ireland your glory’s in the shade Your dreams they have gone and decayed The deeds…
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Wooloomooloo

On the day that I was born, it was a cold and a frosty morn In the famous…
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The Work Of The Weavers

We’re all met together here to sit and to crack Wi’ our glasses in our hands and our…
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The Workmans Friend

When things go wrong and will not come right Though you do the best you can When life…
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Worms

The worms crawl in and the worms crawl out The ones that go in are lean and thin…
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The Writing Of ‘Tipperary’

King Edward the Seventh, who some called The Peace Maker Died back in nineteen-and-ten He was buried at…
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