I wish i was in carrighfergus
only for nights in ballygrant
i would swim over the deepest ocean
only for nights in ballygrant
But the sea is wide, and i can't swim over
neither have i wings to fly
if i could find me a handsome boatsman
to ferry me over to my love and die
Now in kilkenny, it is reported
they've marble stones there black as ink
with gold and silver i would transport her
but i'll sing no more now till i get a drink
I'm drunk today but i'm seldom sober
a handsome rover from town to town
ah, but i am sick now, my days are over
come all you young lads and lay me down
I wish i was in carrighfergus
only for nights in ballygrant.