Cavan Girl-Sean Wilson

[ti:Cavan Girl] [ar:Sean Wilson] [al:Irish Country Gentleman] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Cavan Girl - Sean Wilson [00:10.26]As I walk the road from Killeshandra weary I sit down [00:18.00] [00:19.65]For it's twelve long miles around the lake [00:23.66] [00:24.24]To get to Cavan town [00:27.25] [00:28.89]Though oughter and the road I go [00:32.82] [00:33.53]Once seemed beyond compare [00:36.73] [00:38.09]Now I curse the time it takes to reach [00:42.00] [00:42.57]My Cavan girl so fair [00:46.17] [00:47.56]The autumn shades are on the leaves [00:51.75] [00:53.07]The trees will soon be bare [00:55.21] [00:56.84]Each red-coat leaf around me seems [01:00.90] [01:01.47]The colours of her hair [01:05.07] [01:06.01]My gaze retreats defies my feet and once again I sigh [01:14.21] [01:15.30]For the broken pool of sky reminds me [01:19.62] [01:20.66]The colour of her eyes [01:23.18] [01:34.11]At the Cavan cross each sunday morning [01:38.27] [01:39.48]There she can be found [01:42.03] [01:43.48]And she seems to have the eye of every [01:47.50] [01:48.17]Boy in Cavan town [01:51.29] [01:52.38]If my luck will hold I'll have the golden [01:56.77] [01:57.61]Summer of her smile [02:00.58] [02:01.70]And to break the hearts of Cavan men [02:05.93] [02:07.20]She'll walk with me awhile [02:09.68] [02:11.18]So next sunday evening finds me homeward [02:15.46] [02:16.62]Killeshandra bound [02:18.80] [02:20.60]To work the week till I return court in Cavan town [02:28.26] [02:29.70]When asked if she would be my bride [02:33.76] [02:34.54]At least she'd not say no [02:37.50] [02:38.97]So next sunday morning 'rouse myself [02:43.01] [02:44.33]Back to her I'll go