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.
Matt Hyland
There was a lord who lived in this town Who had a lovely handsome daughter She…
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Matty Groves
A holiday, a holiday And the first one of the year Lord Darnell’s wife came into…
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May Morning Dew (The)
How pleasant in winter to sit by the hob Listening to the sounds and the bark…
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McAlpine’s Fusiliers
As down the glen came McAlpine’s men With their shovels slung behind them It was in…
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McCafferty
When I was eighteen years of age Into the army I did engage I left me…
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McClory
I took a train to Belfast, first time for fifteen years To see my friend McClory…
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McDonalds’ Raiders
Well, an old castle towers o’er the billows That thunder by Antrim’s green land And there…
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McGregors (The)
McGregor o’ the heilan’ clan ye left five sons and no’ a man Your motley crew…
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McPherson’s Lament
Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong Farewell, farewell to thee McPherson’s life will no be long…
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Mean Talking Blues
Well, I’m the meanest man, I never had a brain All I scatter is aches and…
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