Carrickfergus - Johnny McEvoy [with Lyrics]

Johnny McEvoy, Ireland's best-loved singer-songwriter, has been performing now for over four decades. This special anthology features many of his most popular ballads and chart-topping hits, which were recorded at the height of his outstanding career.

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Carrickfergus - as sung by Johnny McEvoy

I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
Only for nights in Ballygrand

But the water is wide and I cannot swim over
And neither have I wings to fly
I wish I could meet handsome boatsman
To ferry me over to my love and die

My boyhood days bring back sweet reflections
Of happy hours I spent so long ago
My boyhood friends and my kind relations
Have all passed on now like the drifting snows

But I'll spend my days an endless rover
Soft is the grass and sure my bed is free
Oh to be back now in Carrickfergus
On that long mountain road down to the sea

But in Kilkenny it is reported
On marble stones there as black as ink
With gold and silver I would support her
Ah but I'll sing no more now 'till I have a drink

I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
A handsome rover from town to town
Ah but I'm sick now my days are numbered
Come all you young men and lay me down

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[robinwelsh]

Hi, I love the song. I have heard many many versions and for me Johnny has a great voice and feeling for the lyrics. So I just to add thanks and gratitude for a great listening experience, it.