'Tis pretty to be in Ballinderry
Pretty to be in Aghalee
'Tis prettier to be on bonny Ram's Island
A-sitting forever beneath the tree
Ochone, ochone
Ochone, ochoneFor often I sailed to bonny Ram's Island
Arm-in-arm with Phelim, my love
He would whistle and I would sing
And we would make the whole island ringOchone, ochone
Ochone, ochone
Ochone, ochone
Ochone, ochoneOchone, ochone
Ochone, ochone'Tis pretty to be in Ballinderry
But now it's so sad, as sad can be
For the ship that sailed with Phelim, my diamond
Sunk forever beneath the seaOchone, ochone
Ochone, ochone
Ochone, ochone
Ochone, ochoneOchone, ochone
Ochone, ochone