The Ballad Archive

A collection of mainly Irish song lyrics.
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Carrickfergus

I wish I was in Carrickfergus Only for nights in Ballygran I would swim over the deepest ocean…

The Castle Of Dromore

The October winds lament Around the castle of Dromore Yet peace is in her lofty halls A pháiste…

Catalpa

Oh, come all you gallant Irishmen And a story I’ll relate I’ll tell to you of the Fenian…

The Catalpa

Come all you screw warders and jailers Remember Perth regatta day Take care of the rest of your…

Cavan Girl

As I walk the road from Killeshandra, weary, I sit down For it’s twelve long miles around the…

Celtic Symphony

It was far across the sea When the devil got a hold of me He wouldn’t set me…

Champion At Keeping Them Rolling

I am an old-timer, I travel the road I sit in me wagon and lumber me load Me…

The Chapel Gates In Cooraclare

I’ve been away from Ireland now for nearly fifty years And thoughts of home are still so dear…

Cill Chais

Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad ? Tá deireadh na gcoillte ar lár Níl trácht ar Cill Chais…

Clare My Heart My Home

Tonight dear friends I’ll sing a song, a toasting glass I’ll raise To a place that means the…

An image of John Hume — John Hume

On this day in 2020

Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland and Nobel Peace Prize laureate John Hume dies in Derry.

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