[00:17.08]I wish I was in Carrickfergus[00:26.33]Only for nights in Ballygrand[00:34.35]I would swim over the deepest ocean[00:42.80]The deepest ocean for my love to find[00:50.89]But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over[00:59.91]Neither have I the wings to fly[01:08.30]If I could find me a handsome boatsman[01:16.79]To ferry me over to my love and die[01:32.02]La,la,la,la,la,la,la,la...[01:38.99]My childhood days bring back sad reflections[01:47.65]Of happy times spent so long ago[01:55.54]My childhood friends and my own relations[02:04.43]Have all passed on now like melting snow[02:12.46]But I'll spend my days in endless roaming[02:21.04]Soft is the grass,my bed is free[02:29.62]Ah,to be back now in Carrickfergus[02:38.13]On that long road down to the sea[02:46.38]I'll spend my days in endless roaming[02:55.10]Soft is the grass,my bed is free[03:05.81]But I am sick now,and my days are numbered[03:14.61]Come all you young men and lay me down