Carrickfergus

I wish I was in Carrickfergus
 Only for nights in Ballygrand
 I would swim over the deepest ocean
 Only to be there, to be by your side
 But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
 And neither have I the wings to fly
 I wish I had a handsome boatsman
 To ferry me over to my love and die
 My childhood days bring back sad reflections
 Of happy days spent so long ago
 My boyhood friends and my own relations
 Have all passed on now like a melting of snow
 So I'll spend my days in endless roaming
 Soft is the grass, and my bed is free
 Ah, to be home now in Carrickfergus
 On that long road down to the salty sea
 And in Kilkenny it is reported
 On marble stone there as black as ink
 With gold and silver I did support her
 But I'll sing no more now til I get a drink
 And I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
 A handsome rover from town to town
 Oh but I'm sick now and my days are numbered
 Come all me young men and lay me down
 I wish I had you in Carrickfergus
 Only for nights in Ballygrand
 I would swim over the deepest ocean
 Only to be there, to be by your side