Upon an island hard to reach,

[əpɑn] [ən] [aɪlənd] [hɑrd] [tu] [ritʃ]

The East Beast sits upon his beach.

[ðí] [ist] [bist] [sɪts] [əpɑn] [hɪz] [bitʃ]

Upon the west beach sits the West Beast.

[əpɑn] [ðə] [wɛst] [bitʃ] [sɪts] [ðə] [wɛst] [bist]

Each beach beast thinks he's the best beast.

[itʃ][bitʃ][bist][θɪŋks] hiz][ðə][bɛst][bist]

Which beast is best?...Well, I thought at first,

[wɪtʃ][bist][ɪz][bɛst]......[wɛl] [aɪ] [θɔt] [ӕt][frst],

That the East was best and the West was worst.

[ðӕt][ðə]][ist] [wɑz][bɛst][ənd [ðə][wɛst][wɑz][wrst]

Then I looked again from the west to the east

[ðɛn] [aɪ] [lʊkt][əg ɛn] frʌm [ðə] [wɛst][tu][ðí][ist]

And I liked the beast on the east beach least.

[ənd [aɪ] [laɪkt] [ðə][bist] ɑn [ðí][ist][bitʃ][list]