GAmDGEm
I wish I was in Carrickfergus,
AmDCG G4
only for nights in Ballygran
AmDGEm
I would swim over the deepest ocean,
AmDCG G4
only for nights in Ballygran
GEmCD
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
EmGCD
And neither have I the wings to fly
AmDG
I wish I could find me a handsome boatsman
AmDCG
To ferry me over, to my love and die.
GAmDGEm
But in Kilkenny, it is reported,
AmDCG G4
On marble stones there as black as ink
AmDGEm
With gold and silver I would support her,
AmDGCG
But I'll sing no more now, 'till I get a drink.
GEmCD
For I'm drunk today, and I'm seldom sober,
EmGCDA handsome rover from town to town
AmDG G4
Ah, but I'm sick now, my days are numbered,
AmDCG
Come all you young men and lay me down.
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