- Carrickfergus
- Ronan Keating
- I wished I was in Carrickfergus,
- Only for nights in Ballygrand,
- I would swim over the deepest ocean,
- The deepest ocean to be by your side.
- But the sea is wide and I can't swim over
- And neither have I the wings to fly.
- If I could find me a handy boatman
- To ferry me over to my love and die.
- My childhood days bring back sad reflections
- Of happy time spend so long ago.
- My boyhood friends and my own relations.
- Have all passed on like the melting snow.
- I'll spend my days in endless roving,
- Soft is the grass and my bed is free.
- Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus,
- On the long road down to the salty sea.
- And in Kilkenny it is reported
- On marble stone as black as ink,
- With gold and silver I did support her
- But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink.
- For 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
- so come on ye young men and lay me down."
- [ti:Carrickfergus]
- [ar:Ronan Keating]
- [al:]
- [00:-2.00]Ronan Keating - Carrickfergus
- [00:-1.00]
- [00:01.00]
- [00:01.43]I wished I was in Carrickfergus,
- [00:10.91]Only for nights in Ballygrand,
- [00:19.69]I would swim over the deepest ocean,
- [00:29.04]The deepest ocean to be by your side.
- [00:36.60]
- [00:38.01]But the sea is wide and I can't swim over
- [00:48.93]And neither have I the wings to fly.
- [00:59.05]If I could find me a handy boatman
- [01:09.32]To ferry me over to my love and die.
- [01:17.46]
- [01:19.24]My childhood days bring back sad reflections
- [01:29.47]Of happy time spend so long ago.
- [01:39.43]My boyhood friends and my own relations.
- [01:50.24]Have all passed on like the melting snow.
- [01:58.41]
- [02:00.86]I'll spend my days in endless roving,
- [02:11.57]Soft is the grass and my bed is free.
- [02:21.98]Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus,
- [02:32.32]On the long road down to the salty sea.
- [02:40.41]
- [02:42.63]And in Kilkenny it is reported
- [02:53.28]On marble stone as black as ink,
- [03:03.11]With gold and silver I did support her
- [03:13.77]But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink.
- [03:21.83]
- [03:23.87]For I'm drunk today and I'm rarely sober,
- [03:34.57]A handsome rover from town to town.
- [03:44.51]Oh but I am sick now and my days are numbered
- [03:55.34]so come on ye young men and lay me down."
- [04:05.89]
