Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll kiss you in my dreams
I asked your mother for you
She told me that you were too young
I wished the Lord I'd never seen your face
I'm sorry you were born
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll kiss you in my dreams
Sometimes I live in the country
Sometimes I live in the town
Sometimes I take a great notion
To jump in the river and drown
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll kiss you in my dreams
Stop rambling, stop your gambling
Stop staying out late at night
Go home to your wife and your family
Stay there by your fireside bright
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll kiss you in my dreams
I love Irene, God knows I do
I'll love her till the seas run dry
If Irene turns her back on me
I'd take the morphine and die
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll kiss you in my dreams