Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus is a traditional Irish song. The modern song was first published by Dominic Behan in his 1965 book Ireland Sings.

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
(capo up) Am D G Em / Am D G - :// 

 But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
 Neither have I wings to fly
 If I could find me a handsome boatsman
 To ferry me over to my love & die
 G - D - / Em EmAm D - / Am D G Em / Am D G -

My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy times spent so long ago
My childhood friends & 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

I'll spend my days in endless roaming
Soft is the grass, my bed is free
But I am sick now & my days are numbered
Come all you young men & lay me down