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
Neither have I the wings to fly
If I could find me a handsome boatsman
To ferry me over to my love and die
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy times spent so long ago
My childhood friends and my own relations
Have all passed on now like melting snow
But I'll spend my days in endless roaming
Soft is the grass,my bed is free
Ah,to be back now in Carrickfergus
On that long road down to the sea
And in Kilkenny There it is reported
There are marble stones there As black as any ink
With gold and silver I would support her
But I'll sing no more now Till I get a drink
But I am drunk today And I'm seldom sober
A handsome rover From town to town
Oh...but I'm sick now And my days are numbered
So come ye young men  And lay me down