Carrickfergus

(Ирландская народная песня ) 
          (Dm) (G)          (C) 
I wish I was in Carrickfergus 
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Only for nights in Ballygran 
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I would swim over the deepest ocean 
          (F)    (G)          (C) 
Only for nights in Ballygran. 
                (C)  (Am)                 (Dm) (G) 
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over 
             (C)  (Am)                (Dm) (G) 
And neither have I the wings to fly 
          (Dm) (G)           (C) 
I wish I had a handsome boatman 
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To ferry me over my love and I. 
 
Now 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 now till I get a drink 
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.