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.
Streams Of Whiskey
Last night as I slept, I dreamed I met with Behan I shook him by the…
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Streets Of Derry (The)
After the morning there comes an evening And after the evening another day And after a…
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Streets Of London
Have you seen the old man In the closed-down market Kicking up the papers With his…
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Streets Of New York (The)
I was eighteen years old when I went down to Dublin With a fistful of money…
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Streets Of Sorrow
Oh farewell you streets of sorrow Oh farewell you streets of pain I’ll not return to…
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Sullivan’s John
Oh Sullivan’s John, to the road you’ve gone Far away from your native home You’ve gone…
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Sun Is Burning (The)
The sun is burning in the sky Strands of cloud go slowly drifting by In the…
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Sunday Driver
Well I’ve been a Sunday driver noo for many’s a happy year I’ve never had my…
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Surrounded By Water
They say that the lakes of Killarney are fair That no stream like the Liffey can…
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Sweet Carnlough Bay
When winter was brawling, o’er high hills and mountains And dark were the clouds o’er the…
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