The Ballad Archive

A collection of mainly Irish song lyrics.
Online since 1996.

Carrickfergus

I wish I was in Carrickfergus Only for nights in Ballygran I would swim over the deepest ocean…
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The Castle Of Dromore

The October winds lament Around the castle of Dromore Yet peace is in her lofty halls A pháiste…
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Catalpa

Oh, come all you gallant Irishmen And a story I’ll relate I’ll tell to you of the Fenian…
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The Catalpa

Come all you screw warders and jailers Remember Perth regatta day Take care of the rest of your…
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Cavan Girl

As I walk the road from Killeshandra, weary, I sit down For it’s twelve long miles around the…
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Celtic Symphony

It was far across the sea When the devil got a hold of me He wouldn’t set me…
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Champion At Keeping Them Rolling

I am an old-timer, I travel the road I sit in me wagon and lumber me load Me…
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The Chapel Gates In Cooraclare

I’ve been away from Ireland now for nearly fifty years And thoughts of home are still so dear…
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Cill Chais

Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad ? Tá deireadh na gcoillte ar lár Níl trácht ar Cill Chais…
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Clare My Heart My Home

Tonight dear friends I’ll sing a song, a toasting glass I’ll raise To a place that means the…
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The Cliffs Of Doneen

You may travel far far from your own native home Far away o’er the mountains, far away o’er…
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The Cobbler

Oh, me name is Dick Darby, I’m a cobbler I served me time at old camp Some call…
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The Cockie Of Bungaree

Come, all you weary travellers Who’s out of work, just mind If you take a trip to Bungaree…
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Cod Liver Oil

I’m a young married man and I’m tired of me life For lately I married an ailing young…
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Come A’ Ye Tramps An’ Hawkers

O come a’ ye tramps an’ hawkers an’ gaitherers o’ blaw That tramps the country roun’ an’ roun’,…
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Come Back Paddy Reilly To Ballyjamesduff

The Garden of Eden has vanished, they say But I know the lie of it still Just turn…
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Come By The Hills

Oh, come by the hills to the land where fancy is free Stand where the peaks meet the…
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Come Out Ye Black And Tans

I was born on a Dublin street where the loyal drums did beat And those loving English feet…
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Come To The Bower

Will you come to the bower o’er the free boundless ocean Where stupendous waves roll in thundering motion…
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The Comical Genius

A comical genius was thinking one day How he’d take up a job and receive handy pay He…
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