Cavan Girl

Intro Verse N.C. As I walked the road from Killeshandra, weary, I sat down For it's twelve long miles around the lake to get to Cavan Town Though Oughter and the road I go, once seemed beyond compare Now I curse the time it takes to reach my Cavan girl, so fair Verse The Autumn shades are on the leaves, the trees will soon be bare Each redcoat leaf around me seems the colour of her hair My gaze retreats, defies my feet, and once again I sigh As the broken pool of sky reminds, the colour of her eyes Instrumental Verse At the Cavan cross each Sunday morning, where she can be found And she seems to have the eye of every boy in Cavan Town If my luck will hold, I'll have the golden summer of her smile And to break the hearts of Cavan men, she'll talk to me awhile Instrumental Verse So, next Sunday evening finds me homeward, Killeshandra bound To work the week 'til I return to court in Cavan Town When asked if she would be my bride, at least she'd not said 'No' So next Sunday morning I'll rouse myself and back to her, I'll go Instrumental Verse As I walked the road from Killeshandra, weary, I sat down For it's twelve long miles around the lake to get to Cavan Town Though Oughter and the road I go, once seemed beyond compare Now I curse the time it takes to reach my Cavan girl, so fair Now I curse the time it takes to reach my Cavan girl, so fair