Ballinderry lyrics translation: CLANCY BROTHERS Ballinderry song texte and letras CLANCY BROTHERS Ballinderry tab, paroles and testo CLANCY BROTHERS Ballinderry Karaoke and Music Video - none yet
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.
* No one can seem to agree on the name of this place. My sources
give `Aucholee,` `Aghalee,` and `Ahalee.`
** Or perhaps `Phelim, my diamond.` Another text reads simply
`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 Send " Ballinderry" Ringtone to your Cell