Dubliners - Carrickfergus

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i wish i was , in carrickfergus
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only for nights , in ballygrant
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i would swim over the deepest ocean
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the deepest ocean to be by your side

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but the sea is wide and i can’t swim over
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and nor have i the wings to fly
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if i could find me a handy boatman
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to ferry me over to my love and die

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my childhood days bring back sad reflections
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of happy time spend so long ago .
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my boyhood friends and my own relations
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have all passed on like the melting snow

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i’ll spend my days in endless roving
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soft is the grass and my bed is free
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oh to be home now in carrickfergus
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on the long road down to the salty sea

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and in kilkenny it is reported
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on marble stone as black as ink
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with gold and silver i did support her
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but i’ll sing no more now till i get a drink

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for i’m drunk today and i’m rarely sober
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a handsome rover from town to town
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oh but i Am sick now and my days are numbered
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so come on ye young men and lay me down