The Makem & Spain Brothers: The Tradition Continues
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BALLINDERRY
'Tis pretty to be in Ballinderry
'Tis pretty to be in Aughalee
'Tis prettier to be on bonny Ram's Island
A-sitting forever beneath a tree
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O chone, O chone, O chone, O chone
For often I sailed to bonny Ram's Island
Arm in arm with Fedlidmid Eamon
He would whistle and I would sing
And we would make the whole island ring
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"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"
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'Twas pretty to be in Ballinderry
Now it's as sad as sad can be
For the ship that sailed with Fedlidmid Eamon
Is sunk forever beneath the sea
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