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I wished I had you 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 wings to fly |
| [03:41.31] |
I wish I could find me a handy boatman |
| [03:42.15] |
To ferry me over to my love and die |
| [03:43.05] |
My childhood days bring back sad reflections |
| [03:44.10] |
Of happy times so long ago |
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My girlhood friends and my own relations |
| [03:45.48] |
Have all passed on like the melting snow |
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So I'll spend my days in endless roving |
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Soft is the grass and my bed is free |
| [03:48.09] |
Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus |
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On the long road down to the salty sea |
| [03:50.07] |
And in Kilkenny it is reported |
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On marble stone there 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 till I get a drink |
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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 |
| [03:56.25] |
Come all ye young men and lay me down |
