I wished I had you 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 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
These childhood places bring sad reflections Of happy days spent so long ago My girlhood friends and my own relations Have all passed on like the melting snow
Now, I spend my days in endless roving Soft is the grass and my bed is free Oh, to be home now in Carrickfergus On the 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 till I've had a drink
Well, I'm drunk today and I'm rarely sober As I roam on from town to town Oh, but I am sick now and my days are numbered Come all you young lads and lay me down Come all you young lads and lay me down
I wished I had you 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 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
These childhood places bring sad reflections Of happy days spent so long ago My girlhood friends and my own relations Have all passed on like the melting snow
Now, I spend my days in endless roving Soft is the grass and my bed is free Oh, to be home now in Carrickfergus On the 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 till I've had a drink
Well, I'm drunk today and I'm rarely sober As I roam on from town to town Oh, but I am sick now and my days are numbered Come all you young lads and lay me down Come all you young lads and lay me down
