I wish I had you
in Carrick, Farragut
Only for nights in Ballyground
I would swim over
the deepest ocean
The deepest ocean
to be by
your side
But the sea is wide, I can't swim over
I wish I could find me
a handy boatman
To ferry me over
to my love and die
Childhood
places bring sad reflections Of happy days
spent so long ago
My girlhood friends
and my own
relations Have all passed on
like the melting snow
And I'll spend my days in endless roving
Soft as the grass and my bed is free
Far to be home now
in Carrick,
Farragut
On the long
road down to the salty sea
It is reported on marble stone
as black as ink
With gold and silver
he did support me
But I'll sing no more now
till I've had a drink
I'm drunk today and I'm really sober
There's a rowan from town to town
I'm free now
and my days are numbered Come, oh young lads,
and lay me down