Anonymous

Carrickfergus

1. 
I wish I was (I wish I had you) in Carrickfergus, 
	Only for nights in Ballygrant. 
I would swim over the deepest ocean, 
	The deepest ocean (for my love to find), to be by your side.  
But the sea is wide and I cannot cross over 
	And neither have I the wings to fly 
I wish I could meet a handsome boatsman 
	To ferry me over, to my love and die. 

2. 
My childhood days bring back sad reflections 
	Of happy times I spent so long ago, 
My boyhood friends and my own relations 
	Have all passed on now like melting snow. 
But I’ll 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. 

3. 
But in Kilkenny, it is reported, 
	On marble stones there as black as ink 
With gold and silver I would support her, 
	But I’ll sing no more ’till I get a drink. 
For I’m drunk today, and I’m seldom sober, 
	A handsome rover from town to town, 
Ah, but I’m sick now, my days are numbered, 
	Come all you young men and lay me down.