Carrickfergus Trad G Am D G Em I wish I was in Carrickfergus, Am D G Gsus4 G only for nights in Ballygran Am D G Em I would swim over the deepest ocean, Am D G Gsus4 G The deepest ocean, for my love to find G Em D But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over G Em C D D7 D And neither have I the wings to fly Am D G Em If I only I had a handsome boatsman Am D G Gsus4 G To ferry me over, to my love and die. Am D G Em My childhood days bring back sad reflections Am D G Gsus4 G Of happy times spent so long ago Am D G Em My boyhood friends and my own relations Am D G Gsus4 G Have all passed on now like the melting snow G Em D And I spend my days in endless roaming G Em C D D7 D Soft is the grass and my bed is free Am D G Em Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus Am D G Gsus4 G On that old long road down to the sea. Am D G Em But in Kilkenny, it is reported, Am D G Gsus4 G There are marble stones there as black as ink Am D G Em With gold and silver I would support her, Am D G Gsus4 G But I'll sing no more now, 'till I get a drink. G Em D For I'm drunk today, and I'm seldom sober, G Em C D A handsome rover from town to town Am D G Em Ah, but I'm sick now, my days are numbered, Am D G Gsus4 G Come all you young men and lay me down.