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