Woody Guthrie

Good Night Irene

Woody Guthrie


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    As young love for you, she told me that you was too young,
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    I wish, the Lord, that I'd never seen your face, I'm sorry you all was born.

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Irene good ni…ght, Irene good night,
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good night Irene, good night Irene, I'll see you in my dreams.

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    Sometimes I lives in the country, sometimes I lives in town,
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    sometimes I have the great notion to jump in into the river and drown.

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Irene good ni…ght, Irene good night,
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good night Irene, good night Irene, I'll see you in my dreams.

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    Stop rambling and stop gambling, quit staying out late at night
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    go home unto your wife and your family, stay down by the fireside bright.

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Irene good ni…ght, Irene good night,
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good night Irene, good night Irene, I'll see you in my dreams.

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    I loves Irene, God knows I do, loves her till the sea runs dry,
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    if Irene turns her back on me, I'm gonna take morphine and die.

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Irene good ni…ght, Irene good night,
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good night Irene, good night Irene, I'll see you in my dreams.