Carrickfergus

(Ирландская народная песня ) 
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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 
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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 
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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.