Song Description

Wishing to be back in the village of one's childhood in Ireland

Lyrics

I wish I had you in Carrickfergus,
Only for nights in Ballygrant.
I would swim over the deepest ocean,
The deepest ocean to be by your side.

But the sea is wide, and I can't swim over.
Neither have I wings to fly.
If I could find me a handsome boatsman
To ferry me over to my love and I

My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy days so long ago
My childhood friends and my own relations
Have all passed on like the melting snow

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

I'm drunk today, and I'm rarely sober.
A handsome rover from town to town.
Ah, but I am sick now, my days are over,
Come all you young men and lay me down.