Goodnight Irene

You might not believe me, but this song was written by a dude named Leadbelly.
 Leadbelly and Little Booker
 both had the pleasure of partying on the ponderosa.
 You know what I mean?
 You dig
 Yea, on the ponderosa, you know,
 down there in Angola where the got
 boys doing from one year to ninety nine.
 Late last Saturday night I got married right now,
 me and my wife, we settled down.
 Yeah
 Now me and my wife have parted.
 I'm gonna take gonna take a little stroll downtown.
 You know I'm gonna say Irine good nignt now
 Irine good night
 Well Irine Irine, well good night good night good night
 Irine, Irine, I'm gonna see you, gonna see you well well
 in my dreams.
 Stopped my gambelin' and stopped all my rambelin' now.
 Stopped stayin out so, so late at night now now.
 Going home to my wife and my family
 You know I'm gonna sit, gonna sit, by the fire side right.
 You know I'm gonna say
 Irine good night now, Irine good night.
 Well Irine, Irine, well, good night.
 Good night, good night.
 Irine good night
 Irine good night
 Well I'm gonna see you
 I'm gonna see you in my dream now.
 Sometimes I live way out in the country right now.
 Sometimes sometimes I live in town.
 Sometimes I get a great notion
 a great notion
 To jump into the river, the river
 and just drown, drown.
 No, jump into the river,
 and now you know I'm gonna drown.
 Well, drown.
 Well, drown.
 I'm gonna drown
 Oh, to the river, and drown
 Drown.
 Well oh well now now now now
 Don't you let me drown
 Don't you let me drown
 Hey now now now
 People, people
 Don't you let me drown
 well well well well well well now now
 No no, I don't wanna wanna drown
 I don't wanna wanna drown
 I kinda kinda wanna drown