Carrickfergus Lyrics And Guitar Chords

The ukulele guitar chords are included in the key of G in chordpro plus the 5 string banjo chords. Carrickfergus guitar tab in D Major now added along with a version in CGDA Tuning.. The music time signature is 4/4. Recorded by Donna Taggart and by Lyncroft who also done a cover of Pretty Susan The Pride Of Kildare song ,  Johnny McEvoy and The Dubliners with Jim McCann. A traditional Irish song. Jim McCann and The Dubliners version is in the key of B. This old song seems to be hanging around for yonks. From the little information I found, it seems that singer / songwriter Dominic Behan first recorded it in the early 1960's after learning it from the actor Peter O'Toole and Domibic Called the song The Kerry Boatman. Later the Clancy Brothers done a version and some of the words got changed. Since then it's been recorded by what seems like every ballad singer in Ireland and elsewhere. I was interested in the history of Carrickfergus so I checked out the Origins Of Carrickfergus over at the Mudcat Cafe but found no definitive answer, but if the Carrickfergus song is of interest to you it's worth the long read.​Carrickfergus violin sheet music tab now included.

Lyrics And Easy Chords In G Major.
I[G] wish I [Am]was [D]in [G]Carrickfer[Em]gus,
Only [Am]for nights [D]in [C]Bally[G]grant
I would swim [Am]over the [D]deepest [G]oce[Em]an,
Only for [Am]nights [D]in [C]Bally[G]grant,
But the sea is [G]wide and I cannot cross[D] over
And neither have[Em] I the [C]wings to [D]fly
I wish i could [Am]meet a [D]handsome [G]boatsman 
To[Em] ferry me [Am]over, [D]my [C]love to[G] find.

My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy times spent so long ago
My boyhood friends and my own relations
Have all passed on like the melting snow

And I spend my days in endless roaming
Soft is the grass my bed is free
Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus
On that old long road down to the sea.

But in Kilkenny, it is reported,
On marble stones there as black as ink
With gold and silver I would support her,
But I'll sing no more now 'till I get a drink.
For i'm drunk today, and i'm seldom sober
A handsome rover from town to town,
Ah, but I'm sick now, my days are numbered,
Come all you young men and lay me down.

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Donna Taggart Song Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus lyrics

Carrickfergus guitar tab in D Major

The tab below is for CGDA tuning of the guitar or mandola

Below's the Uku chords for Carrickfergus in the key of G Major.

Here's a list of some of the top singers and bands who recorded Carrickfergus. You just know a good song when so many well known singers record it.
Paddy Reilly Louden Wainwright Charlette Church The Clancy Brothers Celtic Woman Tommy Flemming Brian Kennedy Finbar Furey Joan Baez Van Morrison Donna Taggart Brian Ferry
Ronan Keating Phil Coulter Johnny McEvoy Loreena McKennitt.

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