“Cavenagh Hill”
Description
"I'm bidding adieu to old Ireland." The singer recalls "childhood days that I spent Around dear old Cavenagh Hill," hunting fields, poteen and the football team from Scotshouse town. Years have passed. He has news that a huntsman, McCabe, has died.
Notes
Notes to IRHardySons: "This might not be a Fermanagh song; the village of Scotshouse is just over the Monaghan border on the R212, south of Clones." - BS
Recordings
- James Halpin, "Cavenagh Hill" (on IRHardySons)
References
- Roud #17896
- BI, rcCavaHi