I
wish I had you in Carrickfergus
Only
for nights in Ballygrand
I
would swim over the deepest ocean
The deepest ocean for my love to find
But
the sea is wide and I can't swim over
And
neither have I wings to fly
O
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 times so long ago
My
boyhood friends and my own relations
Have
all passed on like the melting snow
So
I'll spend my days in endless roving
Soft
is the grass and my bed is free
O'
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 I did support her
But
I'll sing no more till I get a drink
I'm
drunk today and I'm rarely sober
A
handsome rover from town to town
O
but I am sick now and my days are numbered
So
come all ye young men lay me down