"Goodnight Irene" es una canción del bluesman Leadbelly. En 1933, John Lomax le grabó esta canción desde la prisión de Angola, en Loussiana.
Canta las desdichas del autor con su joven amada. Expresa la tristeza y la frustración.
Probablemente Leadbelly se basara en una canción anterior, "Irene, Goodnight", registrada en 1892 por Gussie Lord Davis.

Esta es la letra en la versión de Leadbelly:

  Irene good night
 Irene good night
 Good night Irene, 
good night Irene 

I'll get you in my dreams  
I asked your mother for you 
She told me that you was too young
 I wish dear Lord that I'd never seen your face 
I'm sorry you ever were born

  Irene good night
 Irene good night 
Good night Irene, 
good night Irene

 I'll get you in my dreams  
Sometimes I live in the country 
Sometimes I live in town 
Sometimes I haves a great notion 
Jumping in, into the river and drown

  Irene good night
 Irene good night 
Good night Irene, 
good night Irene 

I'll get you in my dreams  
Stop ramblin' and stop gamblin' 
Quit staying out late at night 
Go home to your wife and family 
Sit down by the fireside bright  

Irene good night 
Irene good night 
Good night Irene, 
good night Irene 

I'll get you in my dreams
  I love Irene, 
God knows I do I love her 'til the sea runs dry
 If Irene turns her back on me
 I'm gonna take morphine and die

  Irene good night 
Irene good night 
Good night Irene, 
good night Irene 

I'll get you in my dreams

Goodnight Irene

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