Carrickfergus
Yearning Across Oceans: Love's Pursuit in Carrickfergus
Lyrics
I wish I was in Carrickfergus
I desire to be in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrand
Specifically for nights in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
Expressing a willingness to cross the deepest ocean
The deepest ocean for my love to find
Desiring to overcome great obstacles for the sake of love
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
Realization that the sea is too wide to swim across
Neither have I wings to fly
Lack of the ability to fly like a bird
If I could find me a handsome boatsman
Hope for finding a skilled boatman
To ferry me over to my love and die
Willingness to be ferried to the beloved, even if it leads to death
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Nostalgic reflections on a childhood filled with joy
Of happy times there spent so long ago
Recollection of happy times in Carrickfergus
My childhood friends and my own relations
Mention of childhood friends and family who have passed away
Have all passed on now like melting snow
Comparing their passing to melting snow, highlighting impermanence
But I'll spend my days in endless roaming
Choosing a life of endless wandering
Soft is the grass, my bed is free
Describing the comfort of a natural bed on soft grass
ch, to be back now in Carrickfergus
Expressing a strong desire to return to Carrickfergus
To strag that lonesome boat down to the sea
Yearning to stroll down to the sea in solitude
Now in Kilkenny it is reported,
Shifting the narrative to Kilkenny
On marble stone there as black as ink,
Describing a black marble stone with a reference to wealth
With gold and silver I would support her,
Expressing a willingness to support with gold and silver
But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink
Humorous note about delaying singing until getting a drink
I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober,
Admitting to being drunk and rarely sober
c handsome rover from town to town.
Identifying as a handsome rover traveling from town to town
But I am sick now, and my days are numbered
Acknowledging sickness and a sense of impending mortality
Come all you young men and lay me down
Calling on young men to prepare for the speaker's end
Comment