Carrickfergus

I wish I was in Carrickfergus
 Only for a night in Ballygrand
 I would swim over the deepest ocean
 Only for a night in Ballygrand
 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.
 My childhood days bring back sad reflections
 Of happy days so long ago
 My boyhood friends and my own relations
 Have all passed away now like melting snow
 So I'll spend my days in endless roving
 Soft is the grass and my bed is free
 Ah to be home now in Carrickfergus
 By the the long road down to the salty sea.
 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 say no more now till I've had a drink
 For I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
 A handsome rover from town to town
 Ah but I'm sick now and my days are numbered
 So come all ye young men and lay me down.