Intro: D  Em  A  D  Bm  Em  A 


D        Em  A             D     Bm 
I wish I was,   in Carrickfergus 
         Em     A         D 
Only for nights, in Ballygrant 
             Em  A            D     Bm 
I would swim over the deepest ocean 
            Em   A               D 
The deepest ocean to be by your side 

        A      D    Bm                 A 
But the sea is wide and I can't swim over 
             D  Bm     G        A 
And nor have I    the wings to fly 
           Em      A       D       Bm 
If I could find me a handy boatman 
            Em  A               D 
To ferry me over to my love and die 

              Em  A              D           Bm 
My childhood days bring back sad reflections 
         Em  A              D 
Of happy time spend so long ago. 
               Em  A              D     Bm 
My boyhood friends and my own relations 
                Em  A                D 
Have all passed on like the melting snow 

     A        D    Bm          A 
I'll spend my days in endless roving 
             D  Bm       G      A 
Soft is the grass and my bed is free 
         Em      A           D     Bm 
Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus 
            Em       A             D 
On the long road down to the salty sea 

           Em  A          D    Bm 
And in Kilkenny it is reported 
         Em    A            D 
On marble stone as black as ink 
              Em    A         D        Bm 
With gold and silver I did support her 
                 Em      A             D 
But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink 

        A       D   Bm                 A 
For I'm drunk today    and I'm rarely sober 
           D  Bm       G       A 
A handsome rover from town to town 
            Em      A                 D       Bm 
Oh but I am sick now and my days are numbered 
                Em     A            D 
So come on ye young men and lay me down