Chorus:
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene goodnight, I’ll see you in my dreams
Sometimes I live in the country, sometimes I live in the town
Sometimes I have a great notion to jump into the river and drown
I love Irene, God knows I do. I’ll love her till the seas run dry
And if Irene turns her back on me I’d take morphine and die