It's a Long Way to Ballywalter

DESCRIPTION: "It's a long way to Ballywalter, It's a long way to go, It's a long way to Ballywalter, Sweetest place I know. Goodbye, rotten Belfast, Farewell, Shaftsbury Square, It's a long, long way to Ballywalter, But my heart's right there."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: home derivative
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 54, "It's a Long Way to Ballywalter"
Roud #37300
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary" (tune)
NOTES [14 words]: Kane does not explicitly say that this is sung to "Tipperary." But it patently is. - RBW
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File: KSUC054

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