goodnight Irene

A phrase used to show one's shock or dismay. "Goodnight Irene" is the title of a 1930s folk song by Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter. Primarily heard in US. Well, goodnight Irene—I never expected so many people to come to a party for me! Goodnight Irene—that was the last of our money, and we're close to running out of gas.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Wally	WAHL-ee	English
Yaroslav	yah-rah-SLAHF (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Medieval Slavic
Zaray	-	Arabic
Oedipus	ED-i-pəs (English), EED-i-pəs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Dawud	-	Arabic
Julius	['dʒu:ljəs]