[00:22]I wish I was in Carrickfergus
[00:33.5]Only for nights in Ballygrand
[00:43]I would swim over the deepest ocean
[00:54.5]the deepest ocean for my love to find
[01:05]But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
[01:16.5]And neither have I wings to fly
[01:27]If I could find me a handsome boatman
[01:38]To ferry me over over to my love and I
[01:49]My childhood days bring back sad reflections
[02:01]Of happy time there spent so long ago
[02:22]Have all passed on now like the melting snow
[02:34]So I'll spend my days in this endless roving
[02:43]Soft is the grass and shore my bed is free
[02:54]But to be home now in carrickfergus
[03:06]On the long road down to the salty sea
[03:16]And in Kilkenny there it is reported
[03:26]On marble stone there as black as ink
[03:37]With gold and silver I would support her
[03:48]But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink
[03:59]For I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
[04:10]The handsome rover from town to town
[04:21]Ah but I am sick now my days are numbered
[04:31]so come here young men and lay me down
[04:45]

I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
the deepest ocean for my love to find
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
And neither have I wings to fly
If I could find me a handsome boatman
To ferry me over over to my love and I
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy time there spent so long ago
Have all passed on now like the melting snow
So I'll spend my days in this endless roving
Soft is the grass and shore my bed is free
But to be home now in carrickfergus
On the long road down to the salty sea
And in Kilkenny there it is reported
On marble stone 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
For I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
The handsome rover from town to town
Ah but I am sick now my days are numbered
so come here young men and lay me down