Chorus:
G           D7                 G
Irene, good night, Irene, good night.
           G7          C     Am
Good night Irene, good night Irene,
D7                 G
I`ll see you in my dreams.

   G                         D7
1. Last saturday night I got married
                       G
Me and my wife settled down
                  G7
Now my wife and I for a party
C     A    D7                 G
gonna take another stroll downtown

Ch:Irene...

2. Sometimes I live in the country
Sometimes I live in the town
Sometimes I take a fool notion
To jump in the ocean and drown

Ch:Irene...

3. Stop your ramblin` stop your gamblin`
Stop stayin` up late at night
Go home to your wife and family
Stay there by fireside bright

Ch:Irene...

...tak to zpival J.Cash. Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) to zpival takhle:

Ch:Irene...

1. 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.
Ch....

2. I asked your mother for you,
She told me you were too young.
I wish to the Lord I never seen your face,
I`m sorry you ever was born.
Ch....

3. You caused me to weep, you caused me to moan,
You caused me to leave my home.
The last word I ever heard her say:
"I want you to sing me a song"
Ch....

4. Stop ramblin` and stop gamblin`,
Quit staying out late at night.
Go home to your wife and your family,
Sit down by the fireside bright.
Ch....
5. I love Irene,God knows I do,
I love her till the sea runs dry.
If Irene turns her back on me
I`m gonna take morphine and die.
Ch....

A nakonec česky:

CHORUS:
G            D7               G
Irene, jdi spát, Irene, jdi spát,
                       C      Ami
jdi spát, Irene, jdi spát, Irene,
    D7            G
a nech si o mně zdát.


        G               D7
1. Já přišel si o tebe říct,
                   G
tvá máma hnala mě ven,
                          C      Ami
ať koukám prej dál svojí cestou jít
   D7                  G
a víckrát se nevracím sem.

CHORUS:Irene...

2. Já nejsem farmář, to vím,
jsem tulák a toulám se rád,
spím, kde se dá, suchej chleba jím,
je psí život takhle se štvát.

CHORUS:Irene...

3. Vzal čert tenhle proklatej kraj,
vzal čert tenhle bláznivej den,
až hvězdy zhasnou, já řeknu jen:
buď sbohem, má Irene, good night.

CHORUS:Irene...