#I WISH I WAS IN CARRICKFERGUS FREE#

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 and neither have I wings to fly. Someone told me that under British rule both Carrickfergus and Kilkenny were garrison towns, and that there is a kind of local black rock found at the latter. Carrickfergus I wish I was in Carrickfergus, only for nights in Ballygrand. On (or,There are) marble stones there as black as ink:īut I’ll sing no more till I get a drink Where the mountain road winds down to the sea.

#I WISH I WAS IN CARRICKFERGUS FREE#

Where the grass is green and my bed is free. Have all passed on now like the melting snow,īut I’ll spend my days in the endless glory, I wish I was in the land of arak, Where the mountains reach the sea. But the sea is wide and I can not swim over Nor have I the wings to fly I wish I had a handsome boatman, To ferry me over, my love and i. These childhood places bring sad reflection Of happy days spent so. I wish I could find me a handy boatman To ferry me over to my love and I.

But the sea is wide I can't swim over Neither have I wings to fly. I would swim over the deepest ocean For my love to be with me. I wish I was in Carrickfergus Only for nights in Ballygran I would swim over the deepest ocean, The deepest ocean to be by your side. I would cross over the deepest ocean, only for nights in Ballygrand īut the water is wide, I cannot get over, I wish I was in carrickfergus Where the castle looks out to sea. I wish I was in Carrickfergus, only for nights in Ballygrand,

The song goes as follows, including a second verse I heard John Doonan the piccolo player sing in Durham in the 1970’s - I’ve never heard it sung or recorded elsewhere:

I wish i was in carrickfergus