Carrickfergus

I wish I were home now, in Carrickfergus

Only for nights in Ballygrand

I would swim over the deepest ocean

The deepest ocean, to be by your side



But the sea is wide, I cannot swim over

And either have I wings to fly

I wish I could find me a handy boatman

To ferry me over to my love and die



These childhood places bring sad reflections

Of happy times, spent so long ago

My girlhood friends and my own relations

Have all passed on, like the melting snow



And I'll spend my days in endless roaming

Soft is the grass, and my bed is free

Ah, to be home now in Carrickfergus

On that long road down to the salty sea



And in Kilkenny, it is reported

On marble stone as black as ink

With gold and silver he did support me

But I'll sing no more now 'til I've had a drink



And I'm drunk today and I'm rarely sober

As I roam on, from town to town

Ah, but I'm sick now, and my days are numbered

Come all ye young lads, and lay me down

Come all ye young lads, and lay me down