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.
Night Visiting Song
I must away now, I can no longer tarry This morning’s tempest I have to cross…
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Nightingale (The)
As I went a walking one morning in May I met a young couple so far…
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Nora
Oh the violets were scenting the woods, Nora Displaying their charm to the bee When I…
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North Sea Holes
Come all you gallant fishermen That plough the stormy sea The whole year round on the…
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Now I’m Easy
For nearly sixty years I’ve been a cockie Of droughts and fires and floods I’ve lived…
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O’Connell’s Steam Engine
Oh people of heart I pray pay attention Listen to what I’m about to relate Concerning…
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O’Donnell Abú
Proudly the note of the trumpet is sounding Loudly the war cries arise on the gale…
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O’Rafferty’s Motor Car
Now Dinny O’Rafferty’s motor car Is the greatest I declare It’s made up of bits and…
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Off To Dublin In The Green
Oh, I am a merry ploughboy and I plough the fields all day Till a sudden…
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Old Alarm Clock (The)
When first I came to London In the year of thirty nine The city looked so…
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