Goodnight, Irene
"Goodnight, Irene" vel "Irene, Goodnight," est normativum carmen vulgare Americana, metro valsae anno 1908 composita, anno 1934 primum edita, primumque per machinam phonographice a Lead Belly, musico blues Americano, anno 1933 impressa.

Verba turbulenta cantoris tempora praeterita ad Irenam, eius amasiam, enarrant, tristitiam et frustrationem attingentia. Nonnulli versus phantasias suicidii aperte significant, notissime in sometimes I take a great notion to jump in the river and drown ('aliquando insilire in flumen et summergi graviter volo'), locutione quae inspiravit Sometimes a Great Notion, mythistoriam Kennethi Kesey (1964), et carmen eiusdem nominis in Big Daddy, albo musico Ioannis Mellencamp (1989), ipso a traditionali musica vulgari Americana penitus moto.

Inter musicos qui hoc carmen per machinam phongraphice impresserunt sunt The Weavers (1950), Franciscus Sinatra (1950), Red Foley et Ernestus Tubb (1950), Jerry Lee Lewis (1957), Ioannes Cash (1958), The Originals (1966), Trinio Kingstoniana, Ricardulus (1972), Ry Cooder (1976), Meat Puppets (1994), Thomas Waits (2006), Deer Tick (2009), Ericus Clapton (2013), et Keith Richards (2015).

Notae

Bibliographia
Oliver, Paul. 1984. Songsters and Saints: Vocal Traditions on Race Records. Cantabrigiae: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521248272.
Whitburn, Joel. 1986. Pop Memories 1890–1954. Menomonee Fall Visconsiniae: Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0898200830.
Whitburn, Joel. 1973. Top Pop Records 1940–1955. Menomonee Fall Visconsiniae: Record Research, Inc.
Wolfe, Charles K, et Kip Lornell. 1999. The Life and Legend of Leadbelly. ISBN 9780306808968.

Nexus externi
"Good Night Irene," www.leadbelly.org (forma Real Audio Metadata)
"Good Night, Irene" www.leadbelly.org (primus versus, sine necessitate Real Audio download)
"Good Night Irene," www.rienzihills.com (verba et midi)

Carmina popularia
Carmina musicae rock
Musica 1950
The Weavers