Carrickfergus

I wish I was in Carrickfergus
 Only for nights in Ballygrand
 I would swim over the deepest ocean
 Over the ocean, for my love to find
 But the sea is wide and I can't swim over
 Nor have I the wings to fly
 If I could find me a handsome boatman
 To ferry me over
 My love and I
 My childhood days bring back sad reflections
 Of happy times I spent so long ago
 My boyhood friends and my own relations
 Have all past on now like melting snow
 But I spend my days in endless roaming
 Soft is the grass, my bed is free
 Ah to be back now, in Carrickfergus
 On that long road, down to the sea
 Now in Kilkenny it is reported
 On marble stone there as black as ink
 With gold and silver, I would support her
 But I'll sing no more now til I get a drink
 'Cause I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
 A handsome rover from town to town
 Ah but I'm sick now and my days are numbered
 Come all ye young maids, and lay me down
 Come all ye young maids, and lay me down