I wished I was in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
My love to find
But the sea is wide and I can't swim over
And neither have I the wings to fly
I wish I could find me a handy boatman
To ferry me over to my love and die

My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy times oh so long ago
My boyhood friends and my own relations
Have all passed on now like the melting snow
So i spend my days in endless roving
Soft is the grass and my bed is free
But oh to be home now in Carrickfergus
On that old road running down to the sea

Now in Kilkenny love is recorded
On darkest marble as black as ink
With gold and silver I did support her
Oh but I'll sing no more now untill I get a drink
For i'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
A handsome rover from town to town
Oh but I am sick now and my days are numbered
Come all you young men and lay me down
Come all you young men and lay me down
Oh!
Come all you young men and lay, me, down
Down
Please