Carrickfergus
I wish I was in CarrickfergusOnly for nights in BallygrantI would swim over the deepest oceanJust to see my love before I dieBut the sea is wide and I cannot swim overAnd neither have I the wings to flyI wish I had a handsome boatmanTo carry me over, my love and I.
My childhood days bring back sad reflectionsOf happy times I spent so long agoMy boyhood friends and my own relationsHave all gone on now, like the melting snowBut I spend my days in endless roamingSoft as the grass my bed is freeOh to be back now in CarrickfergusOn that long road down to the sea
Now in Kilkenny it is reportedOn marble stones there as black as inkWith gold and silver I would support herBut I'll sing no more now till I've had a drinkI'm drunk today and I'm seldom soberA handsome rover from town to townAh, but I am sick now my days are numberedCome all you young men and lay me down.