Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Carrickfergus, artist - Paddy Reilly. Date of issue: 04.03.2009
Song language: English
Carrickfergus |
| I wish I was in Carrickfergus |
| Only for nights in Ballygrand |
| I would swim over the deepest ocean |
| Only for nights in Ballygrand |
| But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over |
| And neither have I the wings to fly |
| I wish I had a handsome boatsman |
| To ferry me over my love and I |
| (This verse is only sung on the «40 years «cd) |
| My childhood days bring back sad reflections |
| Of happy times there spent so long ago |
| My boyhood friends and my own relations |
| Have all past on now with the melting snow |
| So I’ll spend my days in this endless roving |
| Soft is the grass and shore, my bed is free |
| Oh to be home now in carrickfergus |
| On the long rode down to the salty sea |
| Now in Kilkenny it is reported |
| On marble stone there as black as ink |
| With gold and silver I would support her |
| But I’ll sing no more now til I get a drink |
| Cause I’m drunk today and I’m seldom sober |
| A handsome rover from town to town |
| Ah but I’m sick now my days are numbered |
| Come all me young men and lay me down |
| Come all me young men and lay me down |