X: 1
T: Carrickfergus (G major)
T: Do Bhí Bean Uasal
C: traditional
O: Ireland
R: 4/4 Song Air
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
D: 1973: The Chieftains: Chieftains 4
D: 1975: The Dubliners: Now
D: 1977: Gabriel McKeon: Traditional Irish Music from Galway and Clare (Compilation)
D: 1977: The Dubliners: 15 Years On
D: 1978: Brian Ferry: The Bride Stripped Bare
D: 1987: James Galway & The Chieftains: In Ireland
D: 1988: De Danann: A Jacket of Batteries
D: 1988: Van Morrison & The Chieftains: Irish Heartbeat
D: 1988: The Chieftains: The Chieftains Live
D: 1995: Five Alive O with Sean Reeves
D: 1997: Siobhán McDonnell: O'Carolan's Harp
D: 1997: Innisfree Ceoil: Celtic Airs, Vol. 1
D: 1997: Na Connerys: Fire in our Hearts, Part 2
D: 1998: Bantree Band: The Irish Experience
D: 2002: The Dubliners: 40 Years
D: 2003: Birkin Tree: 3
D: 2005: The Chieftains: Live from Dublin - A Tribute to Derek Bell
D: 2005: Phil Coulter: A Touch of Tranquility
D: 2006: Noel McLoughlin: 20 Best of Ireland
D: 2007: Jim McCann: Jim McCann Live
D: 2007: Paddy Reilly: Paddy Reilly Live
D: 2008: Jim McCann: Grace
D: 2009: Eric Rigler & Bill Garden Orchestra: The Braveheart Orchestra
D: 2009: Ronan Keating: Songs for my Mother
D: 2011: Rapalje: Diamonds
D: 2012: The Dubliners & Jim McCann: 50 Years
D: 2013: Oliver Schroer: Celtic Devotion
D: 2014: Finbar Furey: The Wind and the Rain
D: 2014: Aryeh Frankfurter: The Morning Dew - Celtic Harp
D: 2015: Tom Russell & Finbar Furey: The Rose of Roscrae
D: 2016: Sean Tyrrell: Moonlight on Galway Bay
D: 2016: John Spillane: Ar Ais Arís - Irish Songs We Learned at School
D: Waltons: Slow Airs
N: Chords: | G  Am | Am -  | D  G  | G  -  | Em Am | Am -  | C  G  | G  -  :|
N:         | G  Em | Em -  | Am D  | D  -  | D  G  | Em -  | Am D  | D  -   |
N:         | G  Am | Am -  | D  G  | G  -  | Em Am | Am -  | C  G  | G  -   |]
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=140
K: G major % 1 sharp
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: g2 | g3f e2A2- | A6 AB | c2d2 BAG2- | G8 | GAB2 c3B | A6 A2 | G3F  G4- | G6   :|
N: dd | d3d g4-   | g6 ga | ba2g a3 f  | d8 | d2d2 g3a | b6 g2 | c'3b a4- | a6 g2 |
N:      g3f e2A2- | A6 AB | c2d2 BAG2- | G8 | GAB2 c3B | A6 A2 | G3F  G4- | G6    |]
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
g2 | "G" g3f "Am" e2A2- | "Am" A6 AB | "D"  c2d2 "G" BAG2- | "G" G8 | "Em" GAB2 "Am" c3B | "Am" A6 A2 | "C"  G3F  "G" G4- | "G" G6   :|
dd | "G" d3d "Em" g4-   | "Em" g6 ga | "Am" ba2g "D" a3 f  | "D" d8 | "D"  d2d2 "G"  g3a | "Em" b6 g2 | "Am" c'3b "D" a4- | "D" a6 g2 |
     "G" g3f "Am" e2A2- | "Am" A6 AB | "D"  c2d2 "G" BAG2- | "G" G8 | "Em" GAB2 "Am" c3B | "Am" A6 A2 | "C"  G3F  "G" G4- | "G" G6    |]
N:
W: 1. I wish I was in Carrickfergus,
W:    Only for nights in Ballygrant
W:    I would swim over the deepest ocean,
W:    For my love to find
W:    But the sea is wide and I cannot cross over
W:    And neither have I the wings to fly
W:    I wish I could meet a handsome boatsman
W:    To ferry me over, to my love and die.
W: 2. My childhood days bring back sad reflections
W:    Of happy times I spent so long ago,
W:    My boyhood friends and my own relations
W:    Have all passed on now like melting snow.
W:    But I'll spend my days in endless roaming,
W:    Soft is the grass, my bed is free.
W:    Ah, to be back now in Carrickfergus,
W:    On that long road down to the sea.
W: 3. But in Kilkenny, it is reported,
W:    On marble stones there as black as ink
W:    With gold and silver I would support her,
W:    But I'll sing no more 'till I get a drink.
W:    For I'm drunk today, and I'm seldom sober,
W:    A handsome rover from town to town,
W:    Ah, but I'm sick now, my days are numbered,
W:    Come all you young men and lay me down.