Carrickfergus Poems | Examples

I Wish I Were Irish

I Wish I Were Irish 

For the gift of gab, the blarney stone I’d kiss
Upside down by ankles dangling, I’d do this
A story-teller I’d surely be
Risking life and limb ‘tis me
To spew flattery among every laddy and miss

Like the pirate queen Grace O’malley of seafaring clans
Before she sheard her long hair and designed plans
Emerald eyes and strawberry blond locks
Lads swoon by the dozen in flocks
I’ll be in the Dunguaire Castle made by the O’Hans

Plow through O’Conners novel “The Last Hurrah”
Party on Paddy’s Day, shoutin’ Erin Go Braugh!
Feast on authentic Irish lamb stew
While swilling pints of Guinness brew
Peddling my bike up the mountain, of Ballyhoura 
    
I’d sing "Carrickfergus" an Irish folk song
Become a Celtic flutist and chime along
A tenor belts out “Galway Bay”
“Danny boy” heard at the pubs all day
Riverdancing through the heather all night long