In Duhallow And Sliabh Luachra Today

It Is cold in the fields where the rushes do grow
Where Finnow bank high to the Blackwater flow
The chilly wild gales from the northlands do blow
And the Boggeragh mountains are covered in snow
There were heavy sleety showers of rain yesterday
And by the overcast sky more rain is on the way
The cold and wet weather for three months may stay
In the farmyard sheds cattle are bellowing for silage or hay
In Duhallow and Sliabh Luachra days of cold, storm and rain
And brown stormwater flowing bank high in every waterway and drain
Many ageing birds due to cold and hunger may not see the Spring
They have sung their last songs and this seems a sad thing
In January the sky it is sunless and gray
It is cold and wet in Duhallow and Sliabh Luachra today.