Carrickfergus Lyrics - Joan Baez

I wish I was in Carrickfergus 

Only for nights in Ballygrand 

I would swim over the deepest ocean 

The deepest ocean to be by your side 

But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over 

Neither have I wings to fly 

I wish I could find me a handy boatsman 

To ferry me over to my love and die 

These childhood places bring back sad reflections 

Of happy times spent so long ago 

My girlhood friends and my own relations 

Have all passed on like the melting snow 

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And I'll spend my days in endless roaming 

Soft is the grass, and my bed is free 

Ah, to be home now in Carrickfergus 

On that long road down to the salty sea 

And at kill kinny it is reported 

On marble stone as black as ink 

With gold and silver he did support me 

But I'll sing no more now 'til I've had a drink 

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And I'm drunk today and I'm rarely sober 

'Cause I run from town to town 

Oh, but I'm sick now, and my days are numbered 

No more young nights, and lay me down 

No more young nights, and lay me down