Carrickfergus
Key: BCapo 2English
Bm* peut être remplacé par Bm7 ; A* peut être remplacé par Amaj7
Verse
AI wish Bm*I was E7in CarrickferA*gus
F#mOnly for Bm*nights E7in BallyA*grand
AI would Bm*swim E7over the deeA*pest ocean
F#mOnly for Bm*nights E7in BallyA*grand
ABut the sea Ais wide and I cannot E7swim over
And neither Ahave F#mI the Bm*wings to fly E7
AIf I could Bm*find E7me a handsome boatA*man F#m
To ferBm*ry me oE7ver my love Aand I
Verse
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy time there spent so long ago
My boyhood friends and my own relations
Have all passed on now like the melting snow
So I'll spend my days in this endless roving
Soft is the grass and shore my bed is free
But to be home now in Carrickfergus
On the long road down to the salty sea
Verse
And in Kilkenny it is reported
On marble stone there as black as ink
With gold and silver I would support her
But I'll sing no more now, till I get a drink
For I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
The handsome rover from town to town
Ah but I am sick now my days are numbered
Come all me young men and lay me down