Carrickfergus Lyrics

I wished I had you in Carrick fergus
Only for nights in the Bally grand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
The deepest ocean to be by your side
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But the sea is wide, and I can't swim over
And neither have I wings to fly
I wish I could find me a handy boatman
To ferry me over to my love and die
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy days, so long ago
My boyhood friends and my own relations
Have all passed on, like melting snow
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So, I'll spend my days in endless roving
Soft is the grass and my bed is free
Oh, to be home now in Carrick fergus
On the 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, till I get a drink
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I'm drunk today, and I'm rarely sober
A handsome rover from town to town
Oh, but I am sick now and my day's are numbered
Come all ye men, and lay me down