Bone Of Song Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sracole 

Cover art for Bone Of Song lyrics by Josh Ritter

Kathleen Mauvoreen was an Irish folk balad which was extreamly popular during the civil war. Here is a link to the lyrics http://www.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"