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.
Whiskey, You’re The Devil
Whiskey, you’re the devil, you’re leadin’ me astray Over hills and mountains and to Americae You’re…
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Whistling Gypsy (The)
Gypsy rover, come over the hill Down through the valley so shady He whistled and he…
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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…
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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…
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Wild Colonial Boy
So come away me hearties, we’ll roam the mountains high Together we will plunder and together…
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Wild Colonial Boy (The)
There was a wild colonial boy, Jack Duggan was his name He was born and raised…
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Wild Rover (The)
I’ve been a wild rover for many’s the year I’ve spent all me money on whiskey…
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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…
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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…
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William Bloat
In a mean abode on the Shankill Road Lived a man named William Bloat And he…
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Wind Blew The Bonnie Lassie’s Plaidie Awa (The)
For there wis a bonnie lassie an’ she lived in Crieff She went into a butcher’s…
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Wind That Shakes The Barley (The)
I sat within the valley green I sat me with my true love My sad heart…
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Winds Of Morning
I’ve walked the hills when rain was falling Rested by a wide oak tree Heard a…
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Women Of Ireland
Women, Women of Ireland your glory’s in the shade Your dreams they have gone and decayed…
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Wooloomooloo
On the day that I was born, it was a cold and a frosty morn In…
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Work Of The Weavers (The)
We’re all met together here to sit and to crack Wi’ our glasses in our hands…
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Workmans Friend (The)
When things go wrong and will not come right Though you do the best you can…
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Worms
The worms crawl in and the worms crawl out The ones that go in are lean…
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Writing Of ‘Tipperary’ (The)
King Edward the Seventh, who some called The Peace Maker Died back in nineteen-and-ten He was…
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Ye Jacobites By Name
Ye Jacobites by name lend an ear, lend an ear Ye Jacobites by name lend an…
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