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I wish I was in Carrickfergus. Where she is waiting, my rainbows end.

 I would swim over the deepest ocean just to see her sweet smile again.

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 But the sea is wide and I cannot get over. Nor have I the wings to fly.

 I wish I knew a friendly boatsman to ferry me back to my sweethearts side.

 I close my eyes and I remember the fields of green and flowers gold.

 Where we would walk in sunlit meadows. How my hearts longing to be back home.

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 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.