The Dubliners - Carrickfergus

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0I wish I was,   in Carrickfergus
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1Only for nights, in Ballygrant
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2I would swim over the deepest ocean
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3The deepest ocean to be by your side
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6But the sea is wide and I can't swim over
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7And nor have I    the wings to fly
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8If I could find me a handy boatman
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9To ferry me over to my love and die
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12My childhood days bring back sad reflections
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13Of happy time spend so long ago.
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14My boyhood friends and my own relations
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15Have all passed on like the melting snow
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18I'll spend my days in endless roving
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19Soft is the grass and my bed is free
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20Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus
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21On the long road down to the salty sea
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24And in Kilkenny it is reported
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25On marble stone as black as ink
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26With gold and silver I did support her
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27But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink
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30For I'm drunk today    and I'm rarely sober
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A81 handsome rover from town to town
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31Oh but I am sick now and my days are numbered
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32so come on ye young men and lay me down
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