Carrighfergus lyrics

Song information

Artist: Loreena Mckennitt
Album: Elemental

Lyrics

I wish I was in carrighfergus
Only for nights in ballygran
I would swim over the deepest ocean
Only for nights in ballygrant

But the sea is wide, and I can't get over
And neither have I wings to fly
Oh! if I could find me a handsome boatsman
To ferry me over to my love and die

Now in kilkenny, it is reported
They've marble stones there as black as ink
With gold and silver I would transport her
But I'll sing no more now, till I get a drink

I'm drunk today, but I'm seldom sober
A handsome rover from town to town
Oh, but I am sick now, my days are over
Come all you young lads and lay me down

I wish I was in carrighfergus
Only for nights in ballygran

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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