I wish i was in carrickfergus only for nights in ballygran i would swim over the deepest ocean the deepest ocean for my love to find but the sea is wide and i cannot cross over nor do i have any wings to fly if i could find me a handsome boatman to ferry me over to my love and die my childhood days bring back sad reflections Van morrison and the chieftains performing carrickfergus from the album irish heartbeat. Carrikfergus is a town in northern ireland in the county antrim. Origins of the song date back to the 1700s !! A classic tune in ireland and a beautiful mel.
Here are the lyrics to carrickfergus as most often sung: I wish i was in carrickfergus. Only for nights in ballygrant. I would swim over the deepest ocean. The deepest ocean, my love to. Carrickfergus is an irish folk song, named after the town of carrickfergus in county antrim, northern ireland. The clancy brothers' 1964 album titled the f. Carrickfergus is a great but unusual song because, although it is undoubtedly an integral part of the irish folk tradition, there seems to be no reliable reference to it before it was recorded by dominic behan in the mid 1960s. Live from the gaiety (2003) purchase album from itunes now: Since 1962, the dubliners. Carrickfergus is an irish folk song named after the town in county antrim, northern ireland. The lyrics tell a story of love, separation, and drink. I wish i was in carrickfergus, only for nights in ballygran. Carrickfergus is an irish folk song, named after the town of carrickfergus in county antrim, northern ireland. The clancy brothers' 1964 album titled the first hurrah! includes this title.
Carrickfergus is an irish folk song named after the town in county antrim, northern ireland. The lyrics tell a story of love, separation, and drink. I wish i was in carrickfergus, only for nights in ballygran. Carrickfergus is an irish folk song, named after the town of carrickfergus in county antrim, northern ireland. The clancy brothers' 1964 album titled the first hurrah! includes this title. A somewhat differing version was released under the name the kerry boatman, by dominic behan on an lp called the irish rover, in 1965.
