ballinderry Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]'Tis pretty to be in
[Bm]Ball[G]inderry,
Pretty to be [Bm]in Au[G]cholee*
'Tis prettier to [Em]be on
[C]bonny Ram's Isl[G]and
A- sitting forever be[D]neath a [G]tree.
[C]Ochone, [Am]ochone[D][G]
[Em]Ochone, [Am]ocho[D]ne.
[G]

[Verse 2]
For often I sailed to bonny
[D]Ram's Isl[G]and,
Arm in arm with Phelim,
my demon.**
He would [C]whistle and I would [G]sing,
And we [D]would make the whole
[G]island ring.[D][G]
[C]Ochone, [Am]ochone[D][G]
[Em]Ochone, [Am]ochone.[D]
[G]

[Verse 3]
"I'm going," he [D]said,
[G]"fr[C]om bonny Ram's Is [G]land
Out and across [D]the deep blue [G]sea,
And if in your [C]heart you love me,
[G]Mary,
Open your [D]arms at [G]last [D]to [G]me."
[C]Ochone, [Am]ochone[C][G]
[Em]Ochone, [Am]ochone.
[G]

[Verse 4]
'Twas pretty [D]to be [C]in Ballinderry
[D]But [G]now it's as sad[D] as [C]sad can[D] be,[G]
For the ship that [D]sailed [Ebm]with P[C]helim,
my de[G]mon,
Is sunk [Bm]forever [D]be[G]
[D]neath the [G]sea.
Ochone, ochone
Ochone, ochone.

[Verse 5]
* No one can seem to agree on [C]the name of
this place. My sources
give "Aucholee," "Aghalee," and "Ahalee."
** Or perhaps "Phelim,
my diamond." [Am]Another text reads simply
"Phelim, my love."
[D]Recorded by

[Verse 6]
[G]the Clancy Brothers,
by John Langstaff on "Let's Make
Music" (omit[C]ting the third verse), and
[Am]by Bok Trickett Muir on
"The Language of the Heart" (with an admis
sion that they didn't
know the correct words).
[G]