The Dubliners - Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus

I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrant
I would swim over the deepest ocean
Only for nights in Ballygrant
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
And neither have I the wings to fly
I wish I had a handsome boats man
To ferry me over, my love and I
Now in Kilkenny it is reported
On marble stones there, as black as ink
With gold and silver I would support her
But I'll sing no more now, till I get a drink
'Cause I'm drunk today
And I'm seldom sober
A handsome rover, from town to town
Ah, but I'm sick now
My days are numbered
Come all you young men
And lay me down