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1] I wish I _ was _ in Car-rick _fergus_ only for_nights _in Bally_grant
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_I would swim_over _the deepest _ocean _only for _nights _in Bally_grant


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_But the sea is _wide _and I cannot swim _over and _neither have I_ the wings to _fly
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_I wish I had _a handsome _boatsman _ to ferry me _over, my love and I



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2] My childhood days _bring back _sad reflec_tions _of happy times _we spent_so long _ago
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My boyhood friends_and my own _relations_ have all _passed on_ now like_ melting _snow


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_And I'll spend my _days _ in endless_roaming _soft is the grass,_and my bed is_free
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_Ah, to be back _now _in Carrick_fergus _on that long road _down to the _sea.



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3] Now in Kil_kenny, _it is re_ported _on marble_ stones there_as black as_ ink
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_With gold and _silver _I would sup_por her _but I'll sing _no more _'till_ I get a _drink.


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_For I'm drunk to_day, _ and I'm sel_dom so_ber a handsome _rover _from town to _town
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_ah, but I'm _sick now, _my days are _numbered _come all you young _men _and lay me _down.