(Traditional).

 

I wish I was in Carrickfergus

Only for nights in Ballygrand

I would swim over the deepest ocean

Just to see my love before I die

But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over

Nor have I wings so I could fly

I wish I could meet a handsome boatman

To carry me over my love and I

In Kilkenny it is reported

On marble stones as black as ink

With gold and silver I did support her

But I'll sing no more till I've had a drink

Well I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober

A handsome rover from town to town

But I am sick now my days are numbered

Come all you young men and lay me down

Come all you young men and lay me down