As I see it, this song is about a person in Ireland languishing for his/her love across the sea in Scotland.
"Only for nights in Ballygrand" this I guess is the place where they had their love trysts.
All his old friends (happy times) are dead and gone.
"Soft is the grass & my bed is free." A place to lie down and die.
In Killkenny you can find black headstones... which he'll need soon. "I am sick now and my days are numbered.
"Soft is the grass - my bed is free."
A very moving song
also sung by Loudon Wainwright III
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