Carrickfergus

I wish I was in Carrickfergus
only for nights in Ballygran
I would swim over the deepest ocean
only for nights in Ballygran
but the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
neither have I any wings to fly
if I could find me a handsome boatman
to ferry me over my love to find

And in Kilkenny, it is reported
there are 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
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
so come all you young men and lay me down

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
so come all you young men and lay me down