Carrigfergus
Midi Sequence © by the Barry
Taylor
Oh Carrigfergus
I
wish I was in Carrigfergus
Only
for nights in Ballygrant
I
would swim over the deepest ocean
The
deepest ocean for my love to find
But
the sea is wide and I cannot cross over
And
neither have I the wings to fly
I
wish I could meet a handsome boatsman
To
ferry me over, to my love and die.
My
childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of
happy times I spent so long ago
My
boyhood friends and my own relations
Have
all passed on now like melting snow.
But
I'll spend my days in endless roaming
Soft
is the grass, my bed is free.
Ah,
to be back now in Carrigfergus
On
that long road down to the sea.
But
in Kilkenny, it is reported
On
marble stones there as black as ink
With
gold and silver I would support her
But
I'll sing no more 'till I get a drink.
For
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 you young men and lay me down.
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