Cavan Girl
Thom Moore

     C          G       Am     Em    F      G     C
As I walk the road from Killashandra, weary I sit down
         C           G        Am      Em   
For it's twelve long miles around the lake 
   F      Em    F
to get to Cavan town
       C       G       Am     Em 
Though Oughter and the road I go 
     F         Em      F 
once seemed beyond compare
    C          G        Am       Em       F     G       C
Now I curse the time it takes to reach my Cavan girl so fair


    C      G          Am     Em          F          G       C
The autumn shades are on the leaves, the trees will soon be bare
     C        G       Am     Em        F      Em     F
Each red-gold leaf around me seems the colour of her hair
   C      G         Am      Em       F      Em    F
My gaze retreats to find my feet and once again I sigh
        C      G        Am     Em            F      G      C
For the broken pools of sky remind me of the colour of her eyes

[instrumental]

       C     G          Am     Em      F         G      C
At the Cavan Cross each Sunday morning there she can be found
        C        G        Am     Em    F      Em    F
And she seems to have the eye of every boy in Cavan town
      C         G         Am       Em     F      Em     F
If my luck will hold I'll have the golden summer of her smile
       C         G         Am    Em          F       G    C
And to break the hearts of Cavan men, she'll talk to me a while


C      G       Am       Em       F        G     C
Sunday evening finds me homeward - Killashandra bound
   C        G          Am   Em      F        Em    F
To work the week, till I return and court in Cavan town
     C        G         Am    Em       F           Em        F
When asked if she would be my bride at least she'd not said "no"
        C      G        Am       Em       F       G        C
So next Sunday morning, rouse myself, and back to her I'll go


[instrumental & repeat verse 1]