[Intro]  D  Em  A  D  Bm  Em  A


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I wish I was,   in Carrickfergus
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Only for nights, in Ballygrant
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I would swim over the deepest ocean
            Em   A               D
The deepest ocean to be by your side

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But the sea is wide and I can't swim over
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And nor have I    the wings to fly
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If I could find me a handy boatman
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To ferry me over to my love and die

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My childhood days bring back sad reflections
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Of happy time spend so long ago.
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My boyhood friends and my own relations
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Have all passed on like the melting snow

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I'll spend my days in endless roving
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Soft is the grass and my bed is free
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Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus
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On the long road down to the salty sea

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And in Kilkenny it is reported
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On marble stone as black as ink
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With gold and silver I did support her
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But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink

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For I'm drunk today    and I'm rarely sober
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A handsome rover from town to town
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Oh but I am sick now and my days are numbered
                Em     A            D
So come on ye young men and lay me down