I wish I was in Carrickfergus

Only for nights in ballygrand

I would swim over the deepest ocean

The deepest ocean for my love to find

But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over

Nor do I have wings to fly

If I could find me a handsome boatman

To ferry me over to my love and die

My childhood days bring back sad reflections

Of happy times spent long ago

My childhood friends and my own relations

Have all passed on now like melting snow

But I'll spend my days in endless roaming

Soft is the grass and my bed is free

But to be back now in Carrickfergus

On that long road down to the sea

But I'll spend my days in endless roaming

Soft is the grass and my bed is free

But to be back now in Carrickfergus

On that long road down to the sea

On that long road down to the sea