Ballinderry (Performed Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 3/12/61)

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