Carrickfergus

Canadian folk singer Jesse Ferguson performs traditional Irish ballad "Carrickfergus." Chords and lyrics below. Support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JesseFergusonMusic Jesse on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/jesse-ferguson/309436997 Jesse on YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCMzLFahwOsdv3v3tKPd_wYA Jesse on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5heCdUhXKjzSB4IepcHbJe Jesse on Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Shanties-Whaling-Ballads-Jesse-Ferguson/dp/B09BCCMSGV/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=%22sea+shanties%22+ferguson&qid=1628462445&s=music&sr=1-1 Jesse's Website: http://www.jessefergusonmusic.com Jesse's Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bardofcornwall Carrickfergus (traditional, arrang. J. Ferguson, Dec. 2013) V1. A D A F#m I wish I was in Carrickfergus D E A for only one night in Ballygrand. A D A F#m I would swim over the deepest ocean D E A for only one night in Ballygrand. A E But the sea is wide, and I can’t swim over; A D E neither have I the wings to fly. D A F#m I wish I could meet with a handy boatman D E A to ferry me over to my love and die. Interlude: D E A V2. My boyhood mem’ries bring sad reflections of happy days I spent so long ago. My boyhood comrades and my own relations are all passed on now like the melting snow. But I’ll spend my days a restless rover. Soft is the grass I tread; my bed is free! Ah, to be home now in Carrickfergus on that sunny road that leads down to the sea. V3. And in Kilkenny, why it is reported they’ve marble stones there as black as ink. With gold and silver I did support her, but I'll sing no more now till I get a drink. And I'm drunk today for I'm seldom sober, a handsome rover from town to town*. Ah, but I’m sick now, and my days are numbered. D E D A Come all me young men, and I’ll lay me down. *Pause on “town.”