Cavan Girl

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As I walked the road from Killeshandra, weary, I sat down
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For it's twelve long miles around the lake to get to Cavan Town
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Though Oughter and the road I go, once seemed beyond compare
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Now I curse the time it takes to reach my Cavan girl, so fair

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The Autumn shades are on the leaves, the trees will soon be bare
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Each redcoat leaf around me seems the colour of her hair
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My gaze retreats, defies my feet, and once again I sigh
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As the broken pool of sky reminds, the colour of her eyes

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

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So, next Sunday evening finds me homeward, Killeshandra bound
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To work the week 'til I return to court in Cavan Town
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When asked if she would be my bride, at least she'd not said 'No'
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So next Sunday morning I'll rouse myself and back to her, I'll go

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[Verse]
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As I walked the road from Killeshandra, weary, I sat down
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For it's twelve long miles around the lake to get to Cavan Town
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Though Oughter and the road I go, once seemed beyond compare
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Now I curse the time it takes to reach my Cavan girl, so fair
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Now I curse the time it takes to reach my Cavan girl, so fair