Carrickfergus
Yearning in Carrickfergus: A Love Beyond the Deepest Ocean
Lyrics
I wished I had you in Carrickfergus,
I long to be in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrand,
Especially during nights in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean,
Expressing a desire to cross the deep ocean
The deepest ocean to be by your side.
To be with the loved one on the other side of the ocean
But the sea is wide and I can't swim over
Feeling hindered by the vastness of the sea
And neither have I wings to fly.
Lacking the means to overcome the obstacle, unable to fly
I wish I could find me a handy boatman
Expressing a wish for a boatman to help cross the sea
To ferry me over to my love and die.
Willing to make the journey to be with the loved one, even if it leads to death
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Reflecting on childhood days with a tinge of sadness
Of happy days so long ago.
Nostalgia for happy days that are now distant memories
My boyhood friends and my own relations.
Mentioning the passing of childhood friends and family
Have all passed on like the melting snow.
Comparing the departure of loved ones to melting snow
So I'll spend my days in endless roving,
Choosing a life of constant wandering
Soft is the grass and my bed is free.
Describing the comfortable and free lifestyle
Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus,
Expressing a longing to be home in Carrickfergus
On the long road down to the salty sea.
Desiring to return to the sea and Carrickfergus
And in Kilkenny it is reported
Referring to reports in Kilkenny
On marble stone there as black as ink,
Describing a black marble stone with gold and silver support
With gold and silver I did support her
Supporting someone, but refusing to sing until a drink is obtained
But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink.
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I'm drunk today and I'm rarely sober,
Frequently moving from town to town
A handsome rover from town to town.
Expressing sickness and a sense of impending death
Oh but I am sick now and my days are numbered
Calling upon young men to lay the speaker down
Come all ye young men and lay me down.
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