Irene, goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll get you in my dreams
Last Saturday night I got married
Me and my wife settled down
Now me and my wife are parted
I'm gonna take me a little stroll uptown
Oh, Irene, goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll get you in my dreams
Oh, sometimes I live in the country
Sometimes I live in town
Sometimes I take a great notion
To jump in the river and drown
Oh, Irene, goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll get you in my dreams
Well I love Irene, god knows I do
I'll love her till the sea runs dry
If she ever loves another
Someone'll take morphine and die
Oh, Irene, goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll get you in my dreams
Stop your rambling, stop your gambling
Stop staying out late at night
Go home to your wife and your family
Sit down by the firelight
(Everybody!)
Oh, Irene. goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Oh, goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll get you in my dreams
Oh, goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Oh, goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll get you in my dreams
(Goodnight!)