Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Ballinderry, artist - Tommy Makem. Date of issue: 11.10.2021
Song language: English
Ballinderry |
| Miscellaneous |
| Ballinderry |
| 'Tis pretty to be in Ballinderry, |
| Pretty to be in Aucholee* |
| 'Tis prettier to be on bonny Ram’s Island |
| A-sitting forever beneath a tree. |
| Ochone, ochone |
| Ochone, ochone. |
| For often I sailed to bonny Ram’s Island, |
| Arm in arm with Phelim, my demon.** |
| He would whistle and I would sing, |
| And we would make the whole island ring. |
| Ochone, ochone |
| Ochone, ochone. |
| «I'm going,» he said, «from bonny Ram’s Island |
| Out and across the deep blue sea, |
| And if in your heart you love me, Mary, |
| Open your arms at last to me.» |
| Ochone, ochone |
| Ochone, ochone. |
| 'Twas pretty to be in Ballinderry |
| But now it’s as sad as sad can be, |
| For the ship that sailed with Phelim, my demon, |
| Is sunk forever beneath the sea. |
| Ochone, ochone |
| Ochone, ochone. |
| give «Aucholee,» «Aghalee,» and «Ahalee.» |
| «Phelim, my love.» |
| Recorded by the Clancy Brothers, by John Langstaff on «Let's Make |
| Music» (omitting the third verse), and by Bok/Trickett/Muir on |
| «The Language of the Heart» (with an admission that they didn’t |
| know the correct words). |
| RW |