Goodnight Irene
 Written by Huddie Ledbetter & John Lomax

 I asked your mother for you
 She told me that you was too young
 I wish to the Lord I'd never seen your face
 or heard your lying tongue

 Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
 Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene
 I'll see you in my dreams

 Sometimes I live in the country
 Sometimes I live in the town
 Sometimes I have a great notion
 to jump into the river and drown

 Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
 Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene
 I'll see you in my dreams

 I love Irene God knows I do
 love her till the sea run dry
 And if Irene turns her back on me
 I'm gonna take morphine and die

 Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
 Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene
 I'll see you in my dreams
 Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene
 I'll see you in my dreams