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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Goodnight Irene (2002) | Track profile | Dork

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III
Goodnight Irene

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Goodnight Irene

Release date: 1st October 2002

From Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III

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About This Track

"Goodnight Irene" is a track by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, from the album Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III, released 1st October 2002. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

Goodnight Irene

Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight

Goodnight Irene, goodnight 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 have parted

I wanna take a little stroll downtown 

Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight

Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene

I'll see you in my dreams

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

Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight

Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene

I'll see you in my dreams

Wait your rambling, wait your gambling

Stop staying out late at night

Stay home with your wife and family

And stay fireside bright

Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight

Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene

I'll see you in my dreams

Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight

Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene

I'll see you in my dreams

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Track details

From Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III

2002

Album

Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Release year

2002

—Goodnight Irene

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—Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms

—All Prayed Up

—I'll Be Faithful To You

—Oh, Cumberland

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You Ain't Going Nowhere

Mary Danced With Soldiers

Grandpa Was A Carpenter

Hey, Good Lookin'

Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

I Saw The Light

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Shadow Dream Song

It's Raining Here In Long Beach

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band — Hey, Good Lookin'

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band — Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band — I Saw The Light

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band — Honky Tonkin'

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band — Honky Tonk Blues

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band — Melissa

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band — Holding

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band — Shadow Dream Song

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band — It's Raining Here In Long Beach

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Cadillac Ranch
From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)
Girl From The North Country
Grandpa Was A Carpenter
Hey, Good Lookin'
Holding
Honky Tonk Blues
Honky Tonkin'
I Saw The Light

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Credits

Credited: Bob Carpenter, David Jackson (CA), Jeff Hanna, Jimmie Fadden, Jimmy Ibbotson, Mickey Raphael, Randy Scruggs, Tom Petty, Walter McEuen, Willie Nelson