Last Saturday night I got married

Me and my wife settled down

Now me and my wife are parted

I'm gonna take another stroll downtown

Sometimes I live in the country

Sometimes I live in town

Sometimes I take a great notion

To jump into the river and drown

I love Irene God knows I do

I'll love her till the seas run dry

But if Irene should turn me down

I'd take the morphine and die

Stop rambling stop your gambling

Stop staying out late at night

Go home to your wife and your family

Stay there by your fireside bright