[Intro]
We're gonna leave you with this one. And I just wanna say, I know tickets for this weren't easy to come by. I appreciate it so much. Everybody that's here. Honestly, every single person in this room, thank you so, so much. Safe home. Thank you
[Verse 1]
I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Only for a night in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
The deepest ocean, for my love to find
But the sea is wide, and I can't swim over
And neither have I wings to fly
Oh, come and find me a handy boatman
To ferry me ovеr to my love and I
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy days, so long ago
My boyhood friеnds and my old relations
Have all passed on now like the melting snow
So I'll spend my days in endless roving
Soft the grass, my bed is free
Oh, to be home now, in Carrickfergus
On the long road down, to the salty sea
[Instrumental]
[Interlude]
It's on the fiddle, from the state of Texas, it's Collins McLaughlin everybody
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
And in Kilkenny, it is reported
On marble stone as black as ink
With gold and silver, I did support her
But I sing no more now till I get a drink
I'm drunk today, I'm rarely sober
A handsome rover from town to town
Oh, but I'm sick now, and my days are numbered
Come all ye young men and lay me down
[Outro]
Thank you so much, thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you. Safe home. Thank you
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