A (x02220@1)      Bm (x24432@1)E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)  F#mI (244222@1)wish I was,   in Carrickfergus
         Bm (x24432@1)   E (022100@1)       AOnly (x02220@1)for nights, in Ballygrant
             Bm (x24432@1)E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)  F#mI (244222@1)would swim over the deepest ocean
            Bm (x24432@1) E (022100@1)             AThe (x02220@1)deepest ocean to be by your side

E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1) F#m (244222@1)               EBut (022100@1)the sea is wide and I can't swim over
             AF#m     D (xx0232@1)      EAnd (022100@1)nor have I    the wings to fly
           Bm (x24432@1)    E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)    F#mIf (244222@1)I could find me a handy boatman
            Bm (x24432@1)E (022100@1)             A (x02220@1) 
To ferry me over to my love and die

Bm (x24432@1)E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)         F#mMy (244222@1)childhood days bring back sad reflections
         Bm (x24432@1)E (022100@1)            AOf (x02220@1)happy time spend so long ago.
               BmE              A (x02220@1)  F#mMy (244222@1)boyhood friends and my own relations
                BmE                AHave (x02220@1)all passed on like the melting snow

E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1) F#m (244222@1)        EI'll (022100@1)spend my days in endless roving
             AF#m       D (xx0232@1)    ESoft (022100@1)is the grass and my bed is free
         Bm (x24432@1)    E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)  F#mOh (244222@1)to be home now in Carrickfergus
            Bm (x24432@1)     E (022100@1)           AOn (x02220@1)the long road down to the salty sea

Bm (x24432@1)E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1) F#mAnd (244222@1)in Kilkenny it is reported
         Bm (x24432@1)  E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)
On marble stone as black as ink
              Bm (x24432@1)  E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)     F#mWith (244222@1)gold and silver I did support her
                 Bm (x24432@1)    E (022100@1)           ABut (x02220@1)I'll sing no more now till I get a drink

E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)F#m (244222@1)               EFor (022100@1)I'm drunk today    and I'm rarely sober
           AF#m       D (xx0232@1)     EA (022100@1)handsome rover from town to town
            Bm (x24432@1)    E (022100@1)               A (x02220@1)    F#mOh (244222@1)but I am sick now and my days are numbered
                Bm (x24432@1)   E (022100@1)          Aso (x02220@1)come on ye young men and lay me down