Very old Irish Traditional Song named after the town of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. <br />Très vieille chanson traditionnelle Irlandaise, dont le nom est celui de la ville de Carrickfergus en Irlande du Nord. <br />CARRICKFERGUS (Lyrics): <br />Intro : G Am D G Em Am D G <br />I wish I was now in Carrickfergus <br />Only for those nights, nights in Ballygrand. <br />I would swim over the deepest ocean, <br />The deepest ocean, for my love to find. <br /> <br />But all the sea is wide and I can’t swim over <br />Neither have I the wings to fly. <br />If I could find me a handsome boatman <br />To ferry me over to my love and die. <br /> <br />My childhood nice days bring back sad reflections <br />Of happy good times spent so long ago. <br />My boyhood nice friends and my own relations <br />Have quite all passed now like the melting snow. <br /> <br />But I will spend my days in endless roaming, <br />Soft in the grass, my bed is free. <br />Ah to be back now in Carrickfergus <br />On that so long road, down to the salty sea. <br /> <br />And in Kilkenny, there it is reported <br />There are marble stones as black as ink <br />With gold and silver I would support her, <br />But I’ll sing no more, till I get a drink. <br /> <br />But I am drunk today and I’m seldom sober, <br />A handsome rover from town to town. <br />Ah, but I’m sick now, and my days are numbered <br />So come here young men and lay me down.
