Carrickfergus
Van Morrison

Traditional
arranged by Van Morrison/Paddy Moloney

from the album Irish Heartbeat


     I [Am] wished I [Dm] had you in [G7] Carrick [Am] fergus,
     Only for [Dm] nights in [G7] Bally [C] grand,
     I [Am] would swim [Dm] over the [G7] deepest [Am] ocean,
     The deepest [Dm] ocean to be [Am] by your [C] side.
     But the [G7] sea is [C] wide and I [Dm] can't swim [G7] over
     And neither [C] ha [Am] ve I [Dm] wings to [G7] fly.
     I [Am] wish I could [Dm] find me a [G7] handy [Am] boatman
     To ferry me [Dm] over [G7] to my love and [C] die.
     My childhood days bring back sad reflections
     Of happy days so long ago.
     My boyhood friends and my own relations.
     Have all passed on like the melting snow.

     Chorus 1

[C] So I'll [G7] spend my [C] days [Am] in [Dm] endless [G7] roving,
     Soft is the [C] grass [Am] and my [Dm] bed is [G7] free.
     Oh to be [Dm] home now [G7] in Carrick [Am] fergus,
     On the long road [Dm] down to the [G7] salty [C] sea.
     And in Kilkenny it is reported
     On marble stone 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.

     Chorus 2

I'm drunk today and I'm rarely sober,
     A handsome rover from town to town.
     Oh but I am sick now and my days are numbered
     Come all ye young men and lay me down.

source: Bren

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