Irish Folksongs Carrickfergus (2) Lyrics

Carrickfergus (2) Lyrics

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, and neither have I the wings to fly

I wish I had
a handsome boatman to ferry me over my love and I.



Now in
Kilkenny, it is reported they have 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 come all you young
men and lay me down.