Carrickfergus

A Bm E A F#m i wish i was , in carrickfergus Bm E A only for nights , in ballygrant Bm E A F#m i would swim over the deepest ocean Bm E A the deepest ocean to be by your side E A F#m E but the sea is wide and i can’t swim over A F#m D E and nor have i the wings to fly Bm E A F#m if i could find me a handy boatman Bm E A to ferry me over to my love and die Bm E A F#m my childhood days bring back sad reflections Bm E A of happy time spend so long ago . Bm E A F#m my boyhood friends and my own relations Bm E A have all passed on like the melting snow E A F#m E i’ll spend my days in endless roving A F#m D E soft is the grass and my bed is free Bm E A F#m oh to be home now in carrickfergus Bm E A on the long road down to the salty sea Bm E A F#m and in kilkenny it is reported Bm E A on marble stone as black as ink Bm E A F#m with gold and silver i did support her Bm E A but i’ll sing no more now till i get a drink E A F#m E for i’m drunk today and i’m rarely sober A F#m D E a handsome rover from town to town Bm E A F#m oh but i Am sick now and my days are numbered Bm E A so come on ye young men and lay me down