A0 Bm1 E2 A3 F#m4 0I wish I was, in Carrickfergus Bm5 E6 A7 1Only for nights, in Ballygrant Bm8 E9 A10 F#m11 2I would swim over the deepest ocean Bm12 E13 A14 3The deepest ocean to be by your side 4 5 E15 A16 F#m17 E18 6But the sea is wide and I can't swim over A19 F#m20 D21 E22 7And nor have I the wings to fly Bm23 E24 A25 F#m26 8If I could find me a handy boatman Bm27 E28 A29 9To ferry me over to my love and die 10 11 Bm30 E31 A32 F#m33 12My childhood days bring back sad reflections Bm34 E35 A36 13Of happy time spend so long ago. Bm37 E38 A39 F#m40 14My boyhood friends and my own relations Bm41 E42 A43 15Have all passed on like the melting snow 16 17 E44 A45 F#m46 E47 18I'll spend my days in endless roving A48 F#m49 D50 E51 19Soft is the grass and my bed is free Bm52 E53 A54 F#m55 20Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus Bm56 E57 A58 21On the long road down to the salty sea 22 23 Bm59 E60 A61 F#m62 24And in Kilkenny it is reported Bm63 E64 A65 25On marble stone as black as ink Bm66 E67 A68 F#m69 26With gold and silver I did support her Bm70 E71 A72 27But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink 28 29 E73 A74 F#m75 E76 30For I'm drunk today and I'm rarely sober A77 F#m78 D79 E80 A81 handsome rover from town to town Bm82 E83 A84 F#m85 31Oh but I am sick now and my days are numbered Bm86 E87 A88 32so come on ye young men and lay me down