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[Verse]
         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