I wish I was in Carrickfergus Where she is waiting, my rainbow's end I would swim over the deepest ocean Just to see her sweet smile again But the sea is wide and I cannot get over Nor have I the wings to fly I wish I knew a friendly boatman To ferry me back to my sweetheart's side I close my eyes and I remember The fields of green and flowers gold Where we would walk in sunlit meadows How my heart's longing to be back home But the sea is wide and I cannot get over Nor have I the wings to fly So I'll just dream of Carrickfergus And the day I said goodbye Now and forever my love and I So I'll just dream of Carrickfergus And the day I said goodbye Now and forever my love and I.