Intro
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         Am  D         G      Em 
I wish I was in Carrickfergus 
         Am    D   C    G 
Only for nights in Ballygran 
             Am  D            G     Em 
I would swim over the deepest ocean 
            Am    D      C       G 
The deepest ocean for my love to find 
 
Verse
        G      Em         C          D 
But the sea is wide and I can't swim over 
            Em   G     C        D 
And neither have I the wings to fly 
           Am      D          G 
If I could find me a handsome boatsman 
            Am   D      C        G 
To ferry me over, to my love and die 
 
Verse
             Am  D           G     Em 
My childhood days bring back sad reflections 
         Am   D      C        G 
Of happy times spent so long ago 
             Am     D       G     Em 
My childhood friends and my own relations 
                Am    D     C       G 
Have all passed on now like melting snow 
 
Verse
         G        Em      C       D 
But I'll spend my days in endless roaming 
            Em     G  C      D 
Soft is the grass, my bed is free 
          Am      D          G 
Ah, to be back now in Carrickfergus 
             Am   D    C      G 
On that long road down to the sea 
 
Verse
    G     Am   D         G      Em 
And in Kilkenny, it is reported 
          Am     D         C        G 
There are marble stones as black as ink 
              Am     D           G        Em 
With gold and silver, I would support her 
                 Am   D                  G 
But I'll sing no more now, 'till I get a drink 
 
Verse
        G       Em           C      D 
For I'm drunk today, and I'm seldom sober 
           Em G       C       D 
A handsome rover from town to town 
         Am          D            G 
But I am sick now and my days are numbered 
                 Am    D       C      G 
So, come all you young men and lay me down