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I wish 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 for my love to find |
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But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over |
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Neither have I the wings to fly |
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If I could find me a handsome boatsman |
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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 times spent so long ago |
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My childhood friends and my own relations |
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Have all passed on now like melting snow |
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But I'll spend my days in endless roaming |
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Soft is the grass,my bed is free |
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Ah,to be back now in Carrickfergus |
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On that long road down to the sea |
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And in Kilkenny There it is reported |
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There are marble stones there As black as any ink |
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With gold and silver I would support her |
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But I'll sing no more now Till I get a drink |
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But I am drunk today And I'm seldom sober |
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A handsome rover From town to town |
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Oh...but I'm sick now And my days are numbered |
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So come ye young men And lay me down |