Cavan Girl Lyrics

Cavan Girl

As I walk the road from Kilashandra
Weary I sit down
For it's twelve long miles around the lake
To get to Cavan Town
Though Ought and the road I go
Once seemed beyond compare
Now I curse the time it take to reach
My Cavan Girl so fair


The autumn shades are on the leaves
The trees will soon be bare
Each red coat leaf around me seems
The colour of her hair
My gaze retreats defies my feet
And once again I sigh
For the broken pool of sky reminds me
The colour of her eyes

At the Cavan cross each Sunday morning
There she can be found
And she seems to have the eye
Of every boy in Cavan Town
If my luck will hold
I'll share the golden summer of her smile
And to break the hearts of Cavan men
She'll walk with me awhile

So next Sunday evening finds me homeward
Kilashandra bound
To work a week till 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 'rouse myself
And back to her I'll go