Deporters Songtext
von Paddy Reilly

(By total contrast, my early song "Carrickfergus")

I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
Only for nights in Ballygrand

But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
And neither have I the wings to fly
I wish I could find me a handsome boatman
To ferry me over, my love and I


For it′s 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, ′til I get a drink

I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
A handsome rover from town to town
Ah, but I′m sick now, and my days, they′re numbered
So come all ye young men and lay me down

(Thank you)
(Thank you very much)