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Thread #38712   Message #2262966
Posted By: Mr Happy
15-Feb-08 - 08:00 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Ballinderry
Subject: RE: Origins: Ballinderry (chords still wanted)
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.

My fiend Belfast Jim does this one, but sings:

쳌eArm in arm with Phelim, my diamond쳌f


PHELIM Anglicised form of FEIDHLIM

Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish

FEIDHLIM

Possibly means "beauty" or "ever good" in Irish Gaelic. This was the name of three early kings of Munster.

http://www.behindthename.com/name/phelim