The High Kings - Cavan Girl lyrics

As I walk the road from k**eshandra, 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 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 As the broken pool of sky reminds the colour of her eyes 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 a while So next Sunday evening finds me homeward, k**eshandra 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 say no So next Sunday morning I'll rouse myself and back to her, I'll go As I walk the road from k**eshandra, 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.