Carrickfergus

I wish I was in Carrickfergus

Only for nights in Ballygrand

I would swim over the deepest ocean

Only for nights in Ballygrand

Ah, but the sea is wide and I cannot swim over

Nor have I wings so I could fly

I wish I could meet a handsome boatman

To ferry me over to me love and I

Ah, but in Kilkenny it is reported

They have marble stones there as black as ink

Oh, 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 seldom sober

A handsome rover from town to town

Ah, but I'm sick now, my days are numbered

Come all ye young men and I'll lay me down