I wish I was in CarrickfergusOnly for nights in BallygrandI would swim over the deepest oceanOnly for nights in BallygrandBut the sea is wide and I cannot swim overAnd neither have I the wings to flyIf I could find me a handsome boatmanTo ferry me over my love and IMy childhood days bring back sad reflectionsOf happy time there spent so long agoMy boyhood friends and my own relationsHave all passed on now like the melting snowSo I?ll spend my days in this endless rovingSoft is the grass and shore my bed is freeBut to be home now in carrickfergusOn the long road down to the salty seaAnd in Kilkenny it is reportedOn marble stone there as black as inkWith gold and silver I would support herBut I'll sing no more now till I get a drinkFor I'm drunk today and I'm seldom soberThe handsome rover from town to townAh but I am sick now my days are numberedCome all me young men and lay me down