Carrickfergus Lyrics & Tabs by The Evergreens
Carrickfergus
guitar chords lyrics
I wish I was in Carrickfergus,
Only for nights in Ballygrant
I would swim over the deepest ocean,
Only for nights in Ballygrant,
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
And nor have I the wings to fly
If I could find me a handy boatman,
To ferry me over to my love and die.
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy days so long ago
My boyhood friends and my own relations
Have all passed on like the melting snow
So I spend my days in endless roaming
Soft is the grass and my bed is free
Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus
So I spend my days in endless roaming
Soft is the grass and my bed is free
Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus
On that old long road down to the salty sea.
And in Kilkenny, it is reported,
On 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 rarely sober
A handsome rover from town to town,
Ah, but I'm sick now and my days are numbered,
Come all you young men and lay me down.
Come all you young men and lay me down.
