BALLY MENA

Words and Music by : Irving Burgie and Robert DeCormier
Publisher:   
Slow Ballad
Recorded by Harry Belafonte on:
45 :
LP : LSP-2388
CD: 74321-29454-2, BVCP-8002
Also recorded by:
The Merrymen - MM012,
Lyrics:

CHORUS: Bally Mena, Bally Mena, Bally Mena in the harbor,
Bally Mena, Bally Mena, Bally Mena in the harbor--
Bring the Bally Mena to the dock
And paint the Bally Mena black.
Bring the Bally Mena to the dock
And paint the Bally Mena black.

1.Brothers we were and brothers we'll be.
I till the soil and you sail the sea.
To the ship Bally Mena you gave your best,
But a raging sea laid your soul to rest. CHORUS

2. No more to hear, to hear the tale
Of how you tamed a mighty whale,
And the girl who waited so patiently
Will walk no more by the sea. CHORUS