C      Dm G         C Am        
I wish I was in Carrickfergus
          .  Dm    .....G       CFC
Only for nights in Ballygrand
         .   Dm G             ......    C Am
I would swim o’er the deepest ocean
            ...    Dm     . G             CFC
The deepest ocean my love to find
                    .. Am                         ........   G
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
     ..        Am       ....     G
Neither have I wings to fly
            ..    Dm G              .   C        Am
If I could find me a handsome boatsman
            ..    Dm G                    ... CFC          
To ferry me over to my love and die

C         .Dm G           C Am           
Now in Kilkenny it is reported
               ..  Dm    G                    ...  CFC
On marble stones there as black as ink
            ...        Dm G               ......  C Am
With gold and silver I would support her
             ..        Dm     G          ....   CFC
But I’ll sing no more now til I get a drink

                .     Am                 ........       G
Cuz I’m drunk today and I’m seldom sober
         ..         Am                          G
A handsome rover from town to town
           ..      Dm G            .........     C       Am
Ah but I am sick now, my days are numbered
                    ....    Dm G                   ..  CFC          
So come all you young men and lay me down