Man o man! this is a minefield - I started out today just wanting to simply get the lyrics to this song, then I started reading some stuff on the site & now all this. His “childhood friends and close relations” have likely been slain or immigrated away, and also likely he may have been a “rebel” and is “on the run,” a vagabond wandering with no home, and a whiskey monkey on his back. Hence, the tale is one of some poor Irish lad probably in love with an English or Scots soldier’s daughter. So, a love between one and t’other would have been prohibited, no matter how much gold and silver he had to “support her.”
These statutes prohibited Irish being spoken or Irish to intermarry with English or Scots. “But in Kilkenny, the laws are written…”) originated. Kilkenny was the place where the Statutes of Kilkenny (i.e. Carrickfergus was the headquarters of the Scots-English army brought over to “pacify” the rowdy folk of Ulster and elsewhere, ya see. Well, lads and coleens…you’ll be after needin’ some help with Irish history here, I see. “Subject: RE: Help: Origins of Carrickfergus Re: ‘Carrickfergus’ the Song not the town near Belfast? (What part of “alas, my love, you do me wrong” do you not understand?) These lyrics are intentially humorous. I’ve been asked a number of times to perform these songs at weddings, as well as the equally inappropriate Greensleeves – a jilted sugardaddy complains that his mistress has dumped him even though he’s bought her all sorts of stuff. (This is why I think the Van Morrison version is definitive.) I sometimes suspect the lyrics may be intentionally humorous. (My 4th grade teacher sure didn’t realize this when she taught a class of girls the song.) Carrickfergus, far from being a tender love song, is about and from the point of view of a broken down old drunk who has lost everything and is about to die, or would like you to think he’s about to die so please buy him a last drink real soon. The Water is Wide, far from being a tender love song as supposed by careless listeners, is about and from the point of view of a jilted woman killing her out-of-wedlock baby and then herself. Calling for a boat or boatman to carry one over the water is a standard way to express desire for or expectation of death, and appears in a number of traditional and traditionalish lyrics. In traditional English and Irish folk song, crossing over water (usually but not always wide) is symbolism for dying. With gold and silver I would support her,īut I'll sing no more now 'till I get a drink.Free Reed, you’re right – Carrickfergus is clearly quoting the older song in tune and lyric.
My childhood days bring back sad reflections Only for nights in Ballygrant,īut the sea is wide and I cannot cross overĪnd neither have I the wings to fly 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. Since then it's been recorded by what seems like every ballad singer in Ireland and elsewhere. Later the Clancy Brothers done a version and some of the words got changed. 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. This old song seems to be hanging around for yonks. Jim McCann and The Dubliners version is in the key of B. 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. Carrickfergus guitar tab in D Major now added along with a version in CGDA Tuning.
CARRICKFERGUS LYRICS PLUS
The ukulele guitar chords are included in the key of G in chordpro plus the 5 string banjo chords.
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