Carrickfergus (Arr. Pacey)

I wish I was in Carrickfergus

In Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus

I wish I was in Carrickfergus

Is fada ón áit seo go bailigh chuain

Sailing over the deep blue water

Indiaidh mo ghrá geal

But the sea is deep love

And I can't swim over

And neither have I the wings to fly

I wish I'd met with a handy boatman

Who'd ferry over my love and I (My love and I)

I wish I was in Carrickfergus

In Carrickfergus

Tá an chuach ag teacht is tá an teas ag tréagan

'san tart ní féidir liom é do chlaoi

's go bhfuil an leabhar orm ó shamain go féibear

's ní bheidh sé réidh liom go féile mhichíl

I'm seldom drunk, though I'm never sober

A handsome rover from town to town

But now I'm dead and my days are over

Come Molly, a stóirín, and lay me down

I wish I was in Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus