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Artist/Band: Tim O'Brien
Lyrics for Song: Talkin' Cavan
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Tim O'Brien



A while ago I chanced to roam to the place my great grandad called home

It wasn't that much I saw that day,

but I learned I whole lot along the way

I was goin' to Ireland... retracing my family footsteps...

diggin' up roots

You could call Â?em tubers



The closer to the root of my family tree,

the more people seemed to look like me

Saw a sign said Mollie O'Brien's bar,

I knew right then I couldn't be that far

I went in there and asked for beer,

he pours this black stuff, he says, 'cheersÂ?

'Guiness gives you strengthÂ?

, he said, I'll tell you friends it's like drinkin' bread

There's a loaf in every pint.

.. I was feelin' strong... felt like I wanted to sing



My whistle was wet and my tongue was loose

When the barman asked how come I'd choose

To travel such a long, long way on such a cold and rainy day

I said, 'I'm goin' up to Kingscourt town.

That's in County Cavan, to look around.

My great grandaddy came from there.

I want to see if the old home place is still there.Â?

Well he shook his head up and down

And then side to side and then he turned around and said

'A Cavan man then... you know, a lot of people wouldn't admit to thatÂ?



I figured I'd save a little hassle so I booked a room

nearby in a fancy castle

Had a hard time gettin' my dinner there

It was full of these people with light blonde hair

Danish tourists...two big busloads of Â?em

Now the owner of the place, his hair was black

When I talked to him, I didn't get much back

His people are what you call 'west BritsÂ?

They're the ones that treated my people like dirt

That's what lead to the Irish civil war,

I didn't know I'd come back for a little bit more

His nose was way up in the air... but he took my money all the same



That night I dreamed I saw the ghost of the one I'd rather have as host

It was Tom O'Brien walkin' round the cabin,

there in Kingscourt town in County Cavan

Then the very next day in the hardware store

I found a cousin ten times removed or more

But he was no apparition, he wasn't a haint - he was

sellin' nuts and bolts and paint

I told him about our family connection,

and he kinda stood there still, reflectin'

I could tell he wasn't that much impressed when he

asked me with nary a trace of jest

He said, 'How exactly may I help you sir?Â?

I just bought some nails and got the hell out of there



Then later that day after some detectin,

I found the lane in the rural section

It matched the picture in my dad's scrap book

And my heart beat faster as I drove to look

The sun burst through the clouds just then as I gazed

at the current residents

It was a little sheep dog and an old milk cow

Yeah the old home place is an old barn now

It's ashes to ashes... dust to dust.

.. thatched roof to tin roof... and tin roof to rust


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Tim O'Brien


Tim O'Brien
"Other Songs - Tim O'Brien"


1. A House Of Gold
2. Angel Band
3. Another Day
4. Bending Blades
5. Blackest Crow
6. Brother Wind
7. Climbing Up A Mountain
8. Cluck Old Hen
9. Daddy's On The Roof Again
10. Demon Lover
11. Don't Be Surprised
12. Drunkard's Hiccups (Jack Of Diamonds)
13. Every Tear Has A Reason Why
14. Fair Margaret And Sweet William
15. Family History
16. Fell Into Her Deep Blue Eyes
17. Few Are Chosen
18. First Days Of Fall
19. Five Rooms
20. Flora, The Lily Of The West
21. Footsteps So Near
22. For The Fallen
23. Handsome Molly
24. Hard Year Blues
25. Heartbreak Game
26. Hold To A Dream
27. How Come I Ain't Dead
28. I Like The Way You Cook
29. I'm Not Gonna Forget You
30. I've Endured
31. Ireland's Green Shore
32. John Riley
33. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
34. Kelly Joe's Shoes
35. Kick Me When I'm Down
36. Let Love Take You Back Again
37. Lone Tree Standing
38. Long Distance
39. Lost Little Children
40. Love Is Pleasing
41. Maggie's Farm
42. Me And Dirk's Trip To Ireland
43. Melancholy Moon (Not)
44. Mick Ryan's Lament
45. Mole In The Ground
46. Mountaineer Is Always Free
47. Nellie Kane
48. One Girl Cried
49. One Way Street
50. Orphan Girl
51. Queen Of Hearts
52. Raleigh And Spencer
53. Restless Spirit Wandering
54. Ribbon In Your Hair
55. River Of Blood
56. Rock In A Weary Land
57. Rod Mcneil
58. Romance Is A Slow Dance
59. Shadows Of Light
60. She's Runnin' Away
61. Skillet Good And Greasy
62. Stagger Lee
63. Talkin' Cavan
64. The Church Steeple [High On A Hillside]
65. The Farmer's Cursed Wife
66. The Perfect Place To Hide
67. The Tide Flows Into Miltown
68. Think About Last Night
69. Time To Learn
70. Travelers
71. Turning Around
72. Two Journeys
73. Wagoner's Lad
74. Walk Beside Me
75. Wayfarin' Stranger
76. What Does The Deep Sea Say
77. When I Die I'll Live Again
78. Working On A Building