Lyr Req: Caven town? / My Cavan Girl

31 Jul 00 - 02:15 PM (#268720)
Subject: Cavin Town? Caven Town?
From: GUEST,mryan

I am still looking for information on a song that might be titled Cavin Town or Caven Town or something like that. I know that it was written by a man from Valdosta, GA and it won a prize for "Traditional Irish Flok Music" a few years back. If you have any idea what I am referring to, please help. A name or title or album would be most appreciated.

P.S. If anyone answered the prior thread that I posted, I am sorry that I did not get the chance to check back over the past few days.

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31 Jul 00 - 07:18 PM (#268973)
Subject: RE: Cavin Town? Caven Town?
From: Sorcha

This appears to be a duplicate thread according to the info from the requester. This is to.....guess what?
REFRESH

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31 Jul 00 - 07:27 PM (#268980)
Subject: Lyr Add: MY CAVAN GIRL
From: SingsIrish Songs

here's the link to your previous thread... click here

The song My Cavan Girl comes to mind, and was also suggested at your earlier thread.

The lyrics for the song are at Prof's Traditional Pages Prof's Pages --select Music Map....as I recall he also has the music as well (select Songs from the map)....Prof might have some other info....not sure.

Mary

Here are they lyrics:

MY CAVAN GIRL

As I walk the road from Killashandra, weary I sit down.
For it's twelve long miles around the lake to get to Cavan town.
Though Ougher 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 gold leaf around me seems the colours of her hair
My gaze retreats to find my feet and once again I sigh
For the broken pools of sky remind 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 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, Killashandra bound
To work the 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 I'll rouse myself and back to her I'll go.

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31 Jul 00 - 07:42 PM (#268991)
Subject: RE: Cavin Town? Caven Town?
From: MartinRyan

I think this is an even more recent song. Floating in the back of my head is a story about an American with Cavan roots who came back lately and produced a song - humorous, not-quite-sentimental? We're talking about a timescale of the last 3-5 years, at most...

Regards

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31 Jul 00 - 07:46 PM (#268993)
Subject: RE: Cavin Town? Caven Town?
From: Sorcha

good-o then, and thanks guys.

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01 Aug 00 - 11:37 AM (#269489)
Subject: RE: Cavin Town? Caven Town?
From: GUEST,mryan

Thanks very much. That is exactly what I was looking for (even if I did not know it).

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