On The Blackwater Swim

To be truthful i am not one bit surprised for to hear
That the organizers of The Boeing swim in the New Year
Are advertising online for new swimming volunteers
For most thoughts of a dip in icy waters never gives rise to cheers

At temperatures at or below zero degrees
The Blackwater in Winter a brass monkey might freeze
Better ways to enjoy yourself it does seem to me
Than swimming in icy waters in January

When there isn't a leaf in any deciduous tree
This is a good way of catching pneumonia and would you not agree
That this is not a recipe for a long life span
For any boy or girl or woman or man

I never went for a dip in the Blackwater in Winter not even in my life's prime
And that is going back a few decades in time
When the  Boggeraghs are in their white hats of snow
And cold Arctic like winds in Duhallow do blow

The organizers advertising online for volunteers for the Blackwater swim on New Years Day
For to celebrate the birth of twenty thirteen one can think of a more enjoyable way
Of welcoming the New Year though it is for a good cause they brave the chill
When frost is in the old fields and snow is on the hill.