I wish I was in Carrickfergus Only for nights in Ballygrand I would swim over the deepest ocean I would swim over my love to find But the sea is wide and I can't swim over And neither have I wings to fly If I could find me a handsome boatman To carry me over my love and I And in Kilkenny it is reported On marble stone there as black as ink With gold and silver I would support her But I'll sing no more till I get a drink I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober A handsome rover from town to town But I am sick now my days are number Come on me young men and lay me down But the sea is wide and I can't swim over And neither have I wings to fly If I could find me a handsome boatman To carry me over my love and I