Goodnight, Irene
Huddie Ledbetter / John A. Lomax / Leadbelly
Last Saturday night I got married.
Me and my wife settled down.
Now, me and my wife are parted.
Gonna take a little stroll downtown.
Chorus:
Irene, goodnight. Irene, goodnight
Goodnight, Irene. Goodnight, Irene.
I'll see you in my dreams.
Sometimes I live in the country
and sometimes I live in town.
Sometimes I take a great notion
I'm gonna jump in the river and drown.
(Chorus)
Stop ramblin'. Stop that gamblin'.
Stop staying out late at night.
Go home to your wife and family.
Stay there by the fireside, bright.
(Chorus)
Goodnight, Irene. Goodnight, Irene. I'll see you in my dreams.