Carrickfergus<br>
Carrickfergus<br>
Traditional<br>
One<br>
verse: mp3 (1.5 M)<br>
Carrickfergus is performed by<br>
Please refer to Cantaria's Copyright information<br>
Notes: This is a classic Irish ballad from the northern singing<br>
tradition. Carrickfergus is in County Antrim.<br>
sheet music<br>
I wish I was in Carrickfergus only for a night in Ballygrand<br>
I would swim the deepest ocean<br>
only for a night in Ballygrand<br>
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over<br>
and neither have I but wings to fly<br>
I wish I could meet a handsome boatman<br>
To ferry me over, my love and I.<br>
My childhood days bring back sad reflections<br>
Of happy times I spent so long ago,<br>
My boyhood friends and my own relations<br>
Have all passed on now like melting snow.<br>
But I'll spend my days in endless roaming,<br>
Soft is the grass, my bed is free.<br>
Ah, to be back now in Carrickfergus,<br>
On that long road down to the sea.<br>
And in Killkenny It is reported<br>
They have marble stones there As black as ink<br>
With gold and silver I did support her<br>
But I'll sing no more now 'Til I've had a drink<br>
I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober<br>
A handsome rover from town to town<br>
Ah but I'm sick now<br>
My days are numbered<br>
Come all you young men<br>
And I'll lay me down<br>