The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #44686   Message #658655
Posted By: The Pooka
26-Feb-02 - 09:09 PM
Thread Name: Carrickfergus
Subject: RE: Carrickfergus
I would, of course; but I always liked the late Tom Clancy's version & rendition. It may be found on various old LPs & remastered (is that term correct?) CDs.

When he died of the stomach cancer at 67 in 1990, after giving up the sauce some time before, the song he sang so many times in concert surely was poignant to think of -

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 ye young men, and lay me down.