Misc Traditional – Carrickfergus (Guitar)

C        Dm   G           C  C/B  Am
I wish I was,    in Carrickfergus

         Dm     G        C    F  C
Only for nights,  in Ballygrant

             Dm   G             C  C/B  Am
I would swim over   the deepest ocean

            Dm    G            C   F  C
The deepest ocean   my love to find

           G      C  C/B  Am                 G  Dm7  G
   But the sea is wide      and I can't swim over

               C  C/B  Am       F        G  Dm7  G
   And neither have    I    the wings to fly

            Dm   G             C  C/B  Am
   I wish I had     a handsome boatman

               Dm    G             C  F  C
   To ferry me over    my love and I

             Dm   G                  C   C/B   Am
My childhood days   bring back sad reflections

         Dm   G               C  F  C
Of happy time   spend so long ago.

           Dm      G              C  C/B  Am
My boyhood friends   and my own relations

                   Dm  G              C  F  C
Have all passed on now   like melting snow

            G        C  C/B  Am           G  Dm7  G
   But I'll spend my days    in endless roaming

               C  C/B  Am     F      G  Dm7  G
   Soft is the grass   and my bed is free

            Dm       G           C  C/B  Am
   Ah to be back now   in Carrickfergus

                Dm   G             C  F  C
   On that long road   down to the sea

          Dm    G         C  C/B  Am
And in Kilkenny   it is reported

          Dm     G                 C  F  C
On marble stones   and as black as ink

              Dm     G            C  C/B   Am
With gold and silver   I would support her

                      Dm  G              C  F  C
But I'll sing no more now   till I get a drink

       G       C  C/B  Am             G  Dm7  G
   I'm drunk today     and I'm seldom sober

              C  C/B  Am   F       G  Dm7  G
   A handsome rover   from town to town

               Dm       G                 C  C/B  Am
   Ah but I am sick now   and my days are numbered

                 Dm        G            C  F  C
   so come on ye young men   and lay me down