CARRICKFERGUS     Trad.?

Intro:  D,Dsus4,D

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I wish I was  in Carrickfergus,
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Only for nights in Balleygrand.
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I would swim over the deepest ocean,
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The deepest ocean, my love to find.
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But the sea is wide, and I cannot swim over;
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 nor have I wings, so I can fly.
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If I could find me a handsome boatman,
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To ferry me over, my love and I...


In Kilkenny, it is reported,
They have marble stone 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.
But I'm sick now, and my days are numbered.
Come all you young men, and lay me down.


My childhood days bring back sweet reflections
Of happy days spent long ago.
My childhood friends and kind relations
Have all passed on now, like the drifting snow.
But I'll spend my days as an endless rover;
Soft is the grass, sure my bed is free.
Oh, to be back now in Carrickfergus,
On that winding road down to the sea.