Lyric discussion by sracole 

Kathleen Mauvoreen was an Irish folk balad which was extreamly popular during the civil war. Here is a link to the lyrics arlingtoncemetery.net/mavour.htm

I agree with what others have said about a rosetta stone of music. In the end Josh gets to add his contribution to musical history. I love the lines "The words that I sang blew off like the leaves in the wind And perched like birds in the branches before landing on the bone again"

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