Carrickfergus by Brian Kennedy Lyrics

I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygran
I would swim over the deepest ocean
The deepest ocean, for my love to find
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
Nor have I the wings to fly
But I wish I could find a handsome boatman
To ferry me over, to my love and die

My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy times I spent so long ago
My boyhood friends and 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

And in Kilkenny, it is reported
There are marble stones as black as ink
With gold and silver I would support her
But I'll sing no more 'till I get a drink
Sure I'm drunk today, and I'm seldom sober
A handsome rover from town to town
Ah, but I'm sick now, and my days are numbered
So come all you young men and lay me down