Huddie Ledbetter/John Lomax
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Irene, goodnight Irene, goodnight Goodnight, Irene Goodnight, Irene I'll see you in my dreams
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
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Yeah, sometimes I live in the country and sometimes I live in town
Yeah, and sometimes I take a great notion I'm gonna jump in the river and drown
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Stop ramblin' Stop that gamblin' Stop staying out late at night
Go home to your wife and family Stay there by the fireside, bright
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Goodnight, Irene Goodnight, Irene I'll see you in my dreams