{"id":336,"date":"2021-05-10T03:16:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T03:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/?p=336"},"modified":"2026-06-18T00:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T00:15:22","slug":"goodnight-irene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/goodnight-irene\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodnight Irene &#8211; END"},"content":{"rendered":"<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a615c60b596b9040495586' value='6a615c60b596b9040495586'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a615c60b596b9040495586' value='PARODY'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a615c60b596b9040495586' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-6a615c60b596b9040495586' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">PARODY<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a615c60b596b9040495586' ><\/p>\n<p>Homer &amp; Jethro &#8211; MODIFIED LYRICS<\/p>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">{ CHORUS }  Ilene good night Ilene\r\nIlene my sweet\r\nBe sure and trim your toe nails\r\nOr you will rip the sheets \r\n \r\n[Verse]  Last Saturday night I got married\r\nFor better or worse I suppose\r\nWhen I slipped the ring on her finger\r\nShe slipped one through my nose\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }  Ilene good night Ilene\r\nIlene good night\r\nIlene good night, Ilene sleep tight\r\nDon&apos;t let the bed bugs bite\r\n   \r\n[Verse]  She blackened my left eye this morning\r\nShe broke my nose last night\r\nI&apos;d better leave her while I&apos;m able\r\nCause I&apos;d rather switch than fight\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }  Ilene good night Ilene\r\nIlene good night\r\nShe always drinks a six pack\r\nAnd that makes her sleep tight\r\n  \r\n[Verse]  I feel like a million dollars\r\nNever felt this way before\r\nI lost two hundred pounds of ugly fat\r\nWhen she walked right out the door\r\n  \r\n{ CHORUS }  Ilene Good night Ilene\r\nIlene Good night\r\nAnd if I have a nightmare\r\nI&apos;ll see you in my dreams<\/span><\/pre>\n<div class=\"vxv2A\"><\/div>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px\"><\/pre>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"pf-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Send eMail to\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:UkeJukebox@gMail.com\">UkeJukebox@gMail.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/ukulele-jukebox\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/Tutavo.com\/images\/jukebox.png\" width=\"80\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a> CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL TO SEE AND HEAR THIS SONG PERFORMED, OR THE JUKEBOX FOR THE ENTIRE UKULELE JUKEBOX.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">trio <span id=\"xyz_ihs_shortcode_5\" class=\"xyz_ihs_copy_shortcode\"><a class=\"xyz_ihs_copy_shortcode\" href=\" https:\/\/youtu.be\/-eilTzVzmDs&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span id=\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/otr.png\" width=\"100\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">jim plaster <span id=\"xyz_ihs_shortcode_5\" class=\"xyz_ihs_copy_shortcode\"><a class=\"xyz_ihs_copy_shortcode\" href=\" https:\/\/youtu.be\/hszfb1me3ck&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span id=\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/otr.png\" width=\"100\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goodnight,_Irene\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/Tutavo.com\/images\/wiki.jpg\" width=\"50\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a> \u2013 \u2013 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xn50JSI0W-E\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/Tutavo.com\/images\/youtube.png\" width=\"30\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 \u2013 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/leadbelly\/goodnight-irene\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/Tutavo.com\/images\/songfacts.png\" width=\"80\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: terminal, monaco, monospace; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">BILL DOES THIS IN KEY OF [G] \u2013 \u2013 [ D \u2013 G \u2013 A ]<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>[G D G C D G ]<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pf-content\">\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>[CHORUS] \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 [G] Irene good [D] ni \u2013 i \u2013 ight.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Irene good [G] night. Goodnight Irene, good\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>[C] night Irene I\u2019ll [D] see you in my [G] dreams<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Last [G] Saturday night I got [D] married. Me and my wife settled [G] down. Now me and my wife have [C] parted. Think I\u2019ll [D] take a little walk down [G] town. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[CHORUS] \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>[G] Sometimes I live in the [D] country. Sometimes I live in [G] town. Sometimes I get a strange [C] notion <\/strong><strong>To [D] go to Cahoots and have a [G] drink . . . .\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">To jump into the river and drown<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[CHORUS] \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">VIOLIN HERE SAME CHORDS AS VERSE<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[CHORUS] \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Quit your [G] ramblin\u2019 stop your [D] gamblin\u2019. Quit stayin\u2019 out late at [G] night. Stay home with your wife and [C] family. Sit [D] down by the fireside [G] bright \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[CHORUS] \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>The [G] music for now is [D] over,\u00a0 we\u2019ll be back, we won\u2019t go [G] far.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>With [G] Louis, and Dottie and [C]all the rest.\u00a0 When [D]we return to the bar.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>When [G] Plaza Poets come [C]back again,\u00a0 and [D]we return to the bar.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[CHORUS] \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<pre class=\"k_vI3 yMoLy\"><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"printfriendly pf-button pf-button-content pf-alignleft\"><a title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\" href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pf-button-img\" style=\"width: 112px; height: 24px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.printfriendly.com\/buttons\/printfriendly-pdf-button.png\" alt=\"Print Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Send eMail to\u00a0 UkeJukebox@gMail.com CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL TO SEE AND HEAR THIS SONG PERFORMED, OR THE JUKEBOX FOR THE ENTIRE UKULELE JUKEBOX. trio jim plaster \u2013 \u2013 \u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 \u2013 \u2013 BILL DOES THIS IN KEY OF [G] \u2013 \u2013 [ D \u2013 G \u2013 A ] [G D G &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/goodnight-irene\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Goodnight Irene &#8211; END<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,126,265,13,116,117,123,115,74,275,62,96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3-chords","category-bass-guitar-night","category-best-songs","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-songlist-tenor","category-live-tenor","category-end-songs","category-temp-hold","category-uke-juke","category-violin-parts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31428,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions\/31428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}