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Thread #1164 Message #3790772
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
17-May-16 - 12:06 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Bally Mena (from Harry Belafonte)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bally Mena (from Harry Belafonte)

Ballymena

Ballymena, Ballymena, Ballymena in the harbor,
Ballymena, Ballymena, Ballymena in the harbor.
Bring the Ballymena to the dock and paint the Ballymena black.

[The Island Song Book: Foreword by John and Evelyn McCutcheon, Privately Printed at The Chicago Tribune Tower, Jan. 15, 1927, p.13]

Note: First appearance with music. Arranged by Charles Atkinson, an in-law of the Shaws and the family banjoist.