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.
Band Played Waltzing Matilda (The)
When I was a young man I carried me pack And I lived the free life…
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Banks Of My Own Lovely Lee (The)
How oft do my thoughts in their fancy take flight To the home of my childhood…
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Banks Of Newfoundland (The) (1)
On St. Patrick’s Day, the seventeenth From New York we set sail Kind fortune did favour…
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Banks Of Newfoundland (The) (2)
Me bully boys of Liverpool I’ll have you to beware When you sail in the packet…
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Banks Of Red Roses (The)
Oh, when I was a young thing, I heard my mother say That I was a…
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Banks Of The Bann (The)
When first unto this country a stranger I came I placed my affections on a maid…
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Banks Of The Lee (The)
Where true lovers meet Beneath the green bower Where true lovers meet Out beneath the green…
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Banks Of The Roses (The)
On the Banks of the Roses me love and I sat down And I took out…
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Banks Of The Sweet Primroses (The)
As I roved out one midsummer’s morning To view the fields and to take the air…
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Bantry Girls Lament
Oh, who will plough the fields now And who will sow the corn And who will…
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