Carrickfergus Lyrics
Carrickfergus - The Irish Boys
I wish I was in carrickfergus
Only for nights in ballygran
I would swim over the deepest ocean
Only for nights in ballygran
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
And neither have I wings to fly
If I could find me a handsome boatman
To ferry me over to my love and die
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy day so long ago
My boyhood friends and my own relations
Have all passed on now like the melting snow
So I'll spend my days in endless roaming
Soft sit the grass in my bed is free
Ah to be home now in carrickfergus
On that long road down to the so deep sea
And in kilkenny it is reported
On my marble stones as black as ink
With gold and silver I did support her
But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink
I'm drunk today and I really seldom
A handsome rover from town to town
Ah but I'm sick now and my days are numbered
Come all ye young men and lay me down
Come all ye young men and lay me down