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The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem
The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem

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Verse 1
G

'Tis pretty to be in
Bm
G

Ballinderry,
Bm
G

Pretty to be in Aucholee*
Em

'Tis prettier to be on
C
G

bonny Ram's Island
D
G

A- sitting forever beneath a tree.
C
Am
D
G

Ochone, ochone
Em
Am
D

Ochone, ochone.
G
Verse 2


For often I sailed to bonny
D
G

Ram's Island,

Arm in arm with Phelim,

my demon.**
C
G

He would whistle and I would sing,
D

And we would make the whole
G
D
G

island ring.
C
Am
D
G

Ochone, ochone
Em
Am
D

Ochone, ochone.
G
Verse 3

D

"I'm going," he said,
G
C
G

"from bonny Ram's Is land
D
G

Out and across the deep blue sea,
C

And if in your heart you love me,
G

Mary,
D
G
D
G

Open your arms at last to me."
C
Am
C
G

Ochone, ochone
Em
Am

Ochone, ochone.
G
Verse 4

D
C

'Twas pretty to be in Ballinderry
D
G
D
C
D
G

But now it's as sad as sad can be,
D
Ebm
C

For the ship that sailed with Phelim,
G

my demon,
Bm
D
G

Is sunk forever be
D
G

neath the sea.

Ochone, ochone

Ochone, ochone.
Verse 5
C

* No one can seem to agree on the name of

this place. My sources

give "Aucholee," "Aghalee," and "Ahalee."

** Or perhaps "Phelim,
Am

my diamond." Another text reads simply

"Phelim, my love."
D
Recorded by
Verse 6
G

the Clancy Brothers,

by John Langstaff on "Let's Make
C

Music" (omitting 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

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  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • Am

  • Ebm

    6

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