Sea Side Greed

I have been to Ballybunion I've been there ten times before
And I've only bought tea once there but I've had surprise in store
More than five pounds for a sandwich and a lousy cup of tea
That's not honesty in business, call that daylight robbery.

There's not much in Ballybunion just a little stretch of strand
And why so many people go there I will never understand
How it holds such an attraction is a thing I'll never know
Could it be that in warm weather the sea side is the place to go?

There's not much in Ballybunion it has no claim to renown
Just a Village by the ocean that some people call a Town
A village of gambling houses, chipper shops and boozer pubs
And hotels where tourists pay well for their bed and for their grub.

By the sea at Ballybunion I came face to face with greed
Met with those whose god is money a repulsive sort of breed
Met a lot of get rich quick types in that god forsaken place
Those who by their over charging taint the name of Irish race.

I have been to Ballybunion, Ballybunion by the sea
And I left the sea side Village with the unpleasant memory
Of excessive over charging carried out in business name
By ruthless and greedy people for the love of money gain