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I wished I was in Carrickfergus' |
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Only for nights in Ballygrand' |
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I would swim over the deepest ocean' |
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The deepest ocean to be by your side. |
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But the sea is wide and I can't swim over |
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And neither have I the wings to fly. |
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If I could find me a handy boatman |
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To ferry me over to my love and die. |
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My childhood days bring back sad reflections |
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Of happy time spend so long ago. |
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My boyhood friends and my own relations. |
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Have all passed on like the melting snow. |
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I'll spend my days in endless roving' |
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Soft is the grass and my bed is free. |
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Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus' |
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On the long road down to the salty sea. |
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And in Kilkenny it is reported |
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On marble stone as black as ink' |
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With gold and silver I did support her |
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But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink. |
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For I'm drunk today and I'm rarely sober' |
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A handsome rover from town to town. |
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Oh but I am sick now and my days are numbered |
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so come on ye young men and lay me down." |
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