Carrickfergus (Jim McCann with the Dubliners).
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- I think this is fantastic.
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
If I could find me a handsome boatman
To ferry me over my love and I
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy time there spent so long ago
My boyhood friends and my own relations
Have all passed on now like the melting snow
So I?ll spend my days in this endless roving
Soft is the grass and shore my bed is free
But to be home now in carrickfergus
On the long road down to the salty sea
And in Kilkenny it is reported
On marble stone 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
The handsome rover from town to town
Ah but I am sick now my days are numbered
Come all me young men and lay me down
It's a grand song and if they don't sing it at my funeral, I'm not going.
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Man, that's the most excellent plan one can possibly make. 🍀☺👍
😜😝😉
Well said ❤
LOL
was trying to get my dad over to n.ireland to spend the last part of his life there but he died last night in my arms , this was one of the songs he loved ! im in tears sometimes plans dont work out ,not enough time !
Steven Cully the thought was there friend
Rip to him amen
I'm sorry man
My commiserations friend, on losing YOR dad at such time.
God love you
i worked with a lot of irishmen in my younger days in manchester, and this song reminds me of the sorrow i seen in there eyes, when a ballad like this was played, there eyes said it all, WHY IN GODS NAME DID I LEAVE MY BELOVED COUNTRY AND MY FAMILY, it did then and still does bring a lump to my throat, i thank the lord for knowing and drinking with such men, i had my chances to go back to my ancestral routes, i wish i could turn back the clock.
Fuck me beautiful
Why can't you
ITS NEVER TO LATE TO GO HOME MY FRIEND I WAS IN THE SAME POSITION THERES LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNELL BELIEVE ME HOMEIS HOME AND GREAT SUPPORT THERE IN IRELAND XXXX
This song is for you Dad ! You died a few weeks ago in these heartbreaking times ! We couldn't give you the send off you deserved , you will always be our handsome boatman that we love and miss
Sorry to hear about your loss. Losing our parents is something we dread our entire lives.
@@karyngrubb4410 Thanks Karyn
Thoughts and commiserations to you and yours on the passing of your Dad. As you say it is heartbreaking in these times that friends and relations are unable to give their love ones a proper send off. I can only say that you picked a very fine song to remember your Dad and hopefully he is enjoying it .
I'm desperately sorry. Stand, as the Irish always have. Hold on Patrick.
I'm from Carrickfergus...my dad's favourite song who Also has passed ❤️
There is no doubt that Jim MCCan sings Carrickfergus with great feeling and conviction. One can't help but cling to every word .
one of the most beautiful irish songs EVER !!!!
Indeed
This song carries me over the deepest ocean, to my family my mother father relatives most have passed fills me with a joy and sorrow at the same time im 74 now and feel part of this song
I live in Carrickfergus. I love this, what absolutely beautiful music.
From carrickfergus but Listening to this over the water at uni (England) has me near in tears 😓
Only Irish artists understand the tempo, intonation and traditional instrumentation needed to perform this song. Its an emotional ballad which is difficult to sing & therefore easy to ruin.
I heard this first in a little co clare town, at a funeral...everything was quiet and a man at the rear of the church began to sing this...omg, what amazing emotion....the 'lady of the day' happened to love this song, but when it started it was beyond any feeling i have ever known.....go ennistymon
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy time there spent so long ago
My boyhood friends and my own relations
Have all passed on now like the melting snow
But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink
cause I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
The handsome rover from town to town
Ah but I am sick now my days are numbered
Come all me young men and lay me down
Rest In Peace Jim McCann
Irish doesn't need Orchestra ! Only the traditional instruments and a great voice. And the wonderful songs... I Miss this land so much . Thank you for the music !
WELOOK AFTER OUR OWN ITS NOT AN ORCHESTRA WE NEED ITS SUPPORT FROM US IRISH TO NOT TO FORGET ABOUT THE IRISH THAT EMIGRATED ABROAD SOME MADE IT SOME DIDNT WERE NOT PLAYING A VIOLAIN WERE SPEAKEKING ABOUT US IRISH THAT DID AND DIDNT MAKE IT YOU MAY MISS THE LAND DO YOU MISS YOUR IRISH PEOPLE THAT EMIGRATEDXXXX
Besides the obvious wonder of Jim's singing , imlove the build on this song and Barney's banjo is beautiful
I love the history of this song. Formed in the 19th century from a few different song. When Cork boys and Belfast boys used to mingle in pubs during the linen boom (those two cities became trade linked).
As an Irish Australian of many years. Always lovely to hear Jim sing this beautiful song.
R.I.P. Mate.
Yep
It puts me in thought of my own dear parents and grandparents, Scots/Irish, no longer with us. May the good Lord bless them and keep them. God bless dear old Ireland
Same as me Martin. Miss them so much. Jim is one of the few singers who seem to feel the emotions that brings me to tears. HH
God bless my precious and brave family, who came over to America from County Down, Ireland in the 1800's. God's speed to them...Thank you!!
Nailed it.
I am an American of Irish descent and I always feel a connection to this music
You would it's where you came from your folks probably lived in Ireland for thousands of years. America maybe a couple of hundred years?
The most amazing performance of this melancholic masterpiece. Greetings from Madrid to all the Irish People and fabulous St Patrick's Day...🥇👏👏👏👏
Great stuff 👍
HAPPY ST.PATRICK'S DAY!I!❤
LUV IT!!! ❤
I sometimes think the Irish, of all the peoples of the world, are the ones who live in the past, the everlasting now, and in worlds elsewhere, and yet to come - somehow, they travel among them with ease. The price is a song, a tear, a hope, a love, and part of your heart. Beautiful.
A really lovely comment Thank You .Irish Exile.
@@kieransavage3835 You are a thousand times welcome, and may the sun shine always in your path.....
As a proud irishman i couldn't have put it better myself
@@conormccrory4595 thank you, my friend - it comes from the heart.
Those words are poetry 🇮🇪💚🙏
Every time I hear this beautiful song I am reduced to a SOBBING SHELL - memories of my golden childhood in Callow, COUNTY MAYO in the West of Ireland, the country that I LOVE the MOST in this world. I'm thousands of miles away from that glorious place - why I cry..
blessings and greetings from galway city
I pass through Callow every day, it's still a beautiful place almost untouched by change.....I feel your sense of loss Angelica but lucky the person who has a childhood so precious.
My childhood days were spent in Kildangan, Co Kildare...glorious times, different world.
Just pure beautiful, my late mother peggy loved the dubliners, god bless them all, great people
jim we loved you rest in peace my old buddy..
I never tire of listening to this song . A masterpiece !
how can anyone unlike this? 34 people wouldn't know good music if it jumped up and bit them on the arse!
Nerd rage... People hate it when people sing traditional songs if not done exactly like their grandparents did
That made me chuckle i was about to shoot smone oops.FB. I iiiiiiiiiiiii moniter bad words for eg bombs chems russia snowden wike leaks assang please dont say those key words
Im irish brother EIRE 32
There are certain songs that certain singers make them there own ... and this is just such a song and the late Jim McCann.
Clare Gallagher as me mammy would say it would bring tears to a glass eye, I think this song would fill any glass to overflowing.
Absolutely fantastic. Another great balladeer now plies his trade in heaven. R.I.P Jim, Up The Dubs!
OhMyGod, you've just ruined my day, I didn't know he had died, another one gone. I'm away now to cry my eyes out. RIP Jim
made your life though
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up leitrim
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There should be a statue of the DUBLINERS. Its a shame there is not any yet.
Well done Jim good night and God bless 👍
The most beautifull Irish song ever. Nobody could sing this better than JmC
Bahz Listen to VAN the MAN.s version and I think you.ll change your mind.
Bahz he. does it with the cheiftains
mhh dont know. One among many I would say. Irish music has so many great gems that I coundn't choose one over all the others 😅 But if it counts as an Irish song it might be "Spancil hill" for me. It speaks to my german melancholy. This bitter sweet longing for the good old times that might never were. I have to think about the villige I grew up in. Small town near Mannheim. I knew all the streets, places, other kids and their parents. Then we moved away and I never felt this kibd of belonging to a place anymore. I visited the villiage years later and it changed so much, I couldn't really recognize it anymore and most of the people I knew were replaced by strangers. There is no return to the safety of your childhood. This song and some others like "dirty old town" are therefore among my favourites
There is another version of this that Jim did way back and with youth behind him its 100% better.
Listen to Allison Moorer's version. She is my wife's cousin and has an incredible voice! She is a Country singer from Alabama and is very popular in the UK.
Quelle belle voix ! Quelle belle chanson ! Repose en paix, l'ami Jim !
Jim McCann's version of Carrickfergus with the Dubliners touches the heart deeply. There is another haunting version if you love this song by Loudon Wainwright III. I first heard it played at the end of an episode of Boardwalk Empire.
Yeah Boardwal Empire brought me here. Best TV series ever and best ireland song!
Wainwright's social views make him persona non grata.
No one past present or future, will play/sing this as well as Jim !!!! xoxoxox
May Jim now rest in Peace!!!
Wonderful. I went there on my holidays. This song stuck in my head xxxxx
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Fergus Gibson, I just love the meaning of this song, or just sit, listen, and simply cry. Something inside me tells me to just cry because the song has so many life events that are sometimes just hard for me to express.
Beautifully said.
Wow, you really have some deep seated emotional issues. No doubt you were raised by women after your useless father abandoned you. You need to suck up it buddy, and get on with life. If you love something, set it free, and if it doesn't come back to you, hunt it down and fucking kill it.
`Perhaps the most moving songs I have ever heard in my life
R I P Jim. One of a kind. You will be greatly missed xx
Amazing song, amazing voice ! Thank you
Really missing the old days ☘️🥃
I worked with The Dubliners a few times in the 1970s, well, 'They' were on Stage, while myself was fetching The Carlsberg Specials !!! Wonderful Muscians And Great People !!!
Another great singer gone RIP Jim McCann a great voice and thank you
I wish I was in Carrigfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrant
I would swim over the deepest ocean
The deepest ocean for my love to find
But the sea is wide and I cannot cross over
And neither have I the wings to fly
I wish I could meet a handsome boatsman
To ferry me over, to my love and die.
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy times I spent so long ago
My boyhood friends and my own relations
Have all passed on now like melting snow.
But I'll spend my days in endless roaming
Soft is the grass, my bed is free.
Ah, to be back now in Carrigfergus
On that 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 '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.
JOCK STEWART-REDMOND what version is this? Why is this different from what he's singing? Which is the original version?
JOCK STEWART thanks for the words it was great to sing along wit the song xx
Can’t get enough of this song love them all thanks to the man for putting the words on so we can sing along xx
its "Loudon Wainwright III" version, better i guess
With gold and silver I would transport her.
Strange to hear it in 6/8, I'm used to hear it in 4/4, but still it's at great song and a great preformance.
Brings me back to Ireland I.visited a long Time ago and loved it from the first second I arrived... 🤩
If you are Irish and you don't like this song you're not Irish at heart.
Im german and love this song. Love the dubliners at all. So do you think im irish at heart?
No true Irishman?
Boardwalk Empire brought me here, and yes it´s a beautiful song, Ireland, Croatia loves you :)
Jim is no Luke, but eff me he has a cracking voice!
To those who arent here in Carrickfergus with us for whatever reason, may their absence only be of body and not of eternal soul. Long live this country and the people of it.
Jacob Hawthorne Carrickfergus is a country? All this time i thought that carrickfergus is of the Irish land.
Jacob Hawthorne Long live all countries.Long live the human race
@@a.genesisd.g.7931 Its a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Rest in Peace... and thank you for all those lovely ballads...
BEAUTIFUL! Can't help but CRY, Reminiscing...💞🙇♀️
this is the sweetest Irish ballad i have heard beautiful
beautiful song ,my uncle joe sang this regular .
RIP Jim , you did The Dubliners proud .
This is the best version of Carrickfergus - ever xx
Aye hen. Its my fav too. xx
I dunno. It's fine...but have you heard VAN MORRISON'S VERSION ?
@@JohnWilson-bn1xs Best version ever by Scottish band The White Heather Tubes.
Agree 100%
1st time heard on the movie Belfast-just beautiful-had to work hard to find it...pretty sure this is the version in the movie...never heard the Dubliners before-just gorgeous
Bloody shame htis guy is not with us anymore - RIP and bless
I was 17 the first time I heard this song. It was in the famed Old Sheiling Hotel in Raheny, Dublin, on a Saturday evening in the summer of 1972. And who was the singer? A solo artist named Jim McCann. After his show when the barroom had emptied I presumed to go and talk to him at the bar. What a gentleman. If I am not mistken he told me he was soon to be married and we drank to his good fortune.
I'm livin in England; when i've had a few i open up with 'cause i'm drunk today and i'm seldom sober' And god bless them, they went to the extent of checkin the song out and they all love it now.
What a performance! And one of the few instances that include the entirety of the lyrics. The hard McCann!.
I two, wissssh, I wasss in Carrickfergus, but a darn virus is stopping me travelling. Can you Adam and Eve it? And it wouldn't matter to me, just one little bit, if the Boatman, was handsome or not!
Still one of me favs. You were all so lucky to have these men and musicions in your era ❤️x
First day of spring today. Love you dad.
one of the great ballads, often associated with sean o se sean o riada and van morrison. no one does it like jim, especially the high bit.
But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink
cause I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
The handsome rover from town to town
Ah but I am sick now my days are numbered
Come all me young men and lay me down
One could write an endless elegy extolling the virtues of this song, this performance, that moment. But instead you could just say "wow".
Here is the first verse:
I wish I was in Carrickfergus, only for nights in Ballygran.
I would swim over the deepest ocean, the deepest ocean for my love to find,
But the sea is wide and I can't swim over, neither have I wings to fly.
If I could find me a handsome boatman to ferry me over to my love and die.
Who's here because of boardwalk empire
The first time I heard this song was in a Scottish T.V. drama called Dr. Finlay and i love it.
I'm here because of ed's song 'galway girl'
great song btw
The Carrickfergus in this song is about S. Ireland and not the one in Co. Antrim N.Ireland.
Carrickfergus sung by the best Jim McCann
Brilliant Balladeer. So sorry to hear you have died Jim. Rip.
One of the best versions I've heard!
I wish I lived in Carrickfergus, oh wait, I already do :P Woooo
Oh then you have a cool castle!
Clash me to
MrMadness a shit castle
I wish I didn't live in Carrick
This song is terrible.Alcohol,drugs,all my life was terrible.
When men looked like men
Thanks dad for being Irish ☘️R.I.P. 🥃
Beautiful, heartbreakingly poignant. Makes you wonder what it is all about. Shows that we waste so much time on nonsense, that makes no difference in the end. Please, god, why not give peace a chance. "My days are numbered" as are us all. Remember that today is the oldest you have ever been and the youngest you will ever be again.
My mums fav. Always brings a tear to my eye. RIP mum xx
He's the voice for this song. Almost perfect!
Absolutely beautiful! What an amazing version of this astonishingly touching song! RIP, Mr. McCann...
Jim is certainly THE MAN!.....what a sterling job he made of this wonderful song!
R.I.P to a true man of Ireland. Never be forgot
He made a mistake, as all humans do. Still a beautiful song and rendition.
WOW 2024 what a beautiful song first time hearing it. It was on the TV Show Waking the Dead.
Howdy, classican ....
WELL, THIS IS INDEED INTERESTING ... alas, mate -- you have a few mis-lines ... the correct lyrics ... or rather I should say, the way Mr. McCan sang it in this video, go exactly like this ...
The Dubliners -- Carrickfergus Lyrics
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 had a handsome boatsman
To ferry me over my love and I
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy times we spent so long ago
My boyhood friends and my own relations
Have all past on now like melting snow
And I'll spend my days in this endless roving
Soft is the grass and my bed is free
Oh to be back now in carrickfergus
On that long winding rode down to the sea
Now 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
Cause 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 number
Come all me young men and lay me down
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That said, the 'ORIGINALLY WRITTEN CORRECT LYRICS' ... are found at this page ...
www.lyricsfreak.com/d/dubliners/carrickfergus_21012871.html
And they go like this:
The Dubliners - Carrickfergus Lyrics
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 had a handsome boatsman
To ferry me over my love and I
(This verse is only sung on the 40 years cd)
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy times there spent so long ago
My boyhood friends and my own relations
Have all past on now with the melting snow
So I'll spend my days in this endless roving
Soft is the grass and shore, my bed is free
Oh to be home now in carrickfergus
On the long rode down to the salty sea
Now in Kilkenny it is reported
On marble stone 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
Cause 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 number
Come all me young men and lay me down
Come all me young men and lay me down.
Songwriters: FRANGLEN, SIMON / JENKINS, KATHERINE / TRADITIONAL,
Carrickfergus lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing
LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, LIFFEY PUBLISHING LTD.
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I hope this was of a bit of help to thems wanting to see the difference.
Sadly, Jim McCann journeyed into the forevers back on March 5, 2015. He was 70.
For more info on his life & music, please go here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McCann_(musician)
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Many thanks for sharing this version of the song.
It certainly makes more & more sense as I come closer to my 'great reward' ...
D.A.
The first time I heard this song is was done by Celtic Thunder. Absolutely beautiful.
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Very soulful aonga sang by Jim McCann. I'm not Irish though
This song is great! I love it. I Know it by heart!
❤️🙌🙌🙌
RIP, old friend. I first saw Jim McCann on stage with the Dubliners during a concert in Hamburg in the late 1970'ies, but I really I got to know him during his solo career in 1983-1985, when I lived and worked in Clonmel/Co. Tipperary. We met at many occasions, firstly at Hearns Hotel, Clonmel, and afterwards at The Hidden Inn, Ballynacarbry, Co. Waterford. For Jim, I was his "friend from Hamburg" , and during his concerts, he mostly dedicated the song "Spancil Hill" to me. I was triuly shocked to learn that Jim had passed away in 2015. Again "RIP, old friend".
I have traced my family back to Cookstown, Tyrone County, Northern Ireland. My Great Grandfather X6 Hugh Quinn left for America in 1750. Cookstown is not far from Carrickfergus. Listening to this sad, beautiful song makes me want to visit Ireland so badly!
Heard this as Title Song or beginning of the Series TV " Waking the Dead " The performanc there and the tune was much nicer ! Sorry , dissapointed Lads .
What an incredibly moving song. RIP Jim.
Love it so much ! Ireland is calling me....
Carrickfergus isn't that great a town, believe me.
Beautiful rendition R.I.P. Jim ,Thank you .
I am astonished to see 163 thumbs down. How can this be? Well, I can guess at the answer, but to state it would be impolite.
But the sea is wide.........
Just such a beautiful song ~ Always brings tears to my eyes