[Chorus]
Irene, goodnight
Irene, goodnight
Goodnight, Irene
Goodnight, Irene
I'll see you in my dreams

[Verse 1]
Sometimes I live in the country
Sometimes I live in the town
Sometimes I take a great notion
To jump in the river and drown

[Chorus]
Irene, goodnight
Irene, goodnight
Goodnight, Irene
Goodnight, Irene
I'll see you in my dreams

[Verse 2]
I love Irene, God knows I do
I'll love her 'til the seas run dry
If Irene turns her back on me
I'll take morphine and die
[Chorus]
Irene, goodnight
Irene, goodnight
Goodnight, Irene
Goodnight, Irene
I'll see you in my dreams