Irene good night, Irene good night
Good night Irene, good night 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 we are parted
I think I'll go out on the town

Sometimes I live in the country
Sometimes I live in town
Sometimes I take a great notion
To jump in the river and drown

I love Irene, God knows I do
I'll love her 'til the seas run dry
But if Irene should turn me down
I'd take morphine and die

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