Above the fields of the rook and the badger and the silver back crow
The wind from the Boggeraghs with a cold chill do blow
Old River Finnow in flood waters of brown
Flowing bank high in the rushy fields near Millstreet Town
The gales of November howl in the naked trees
And the weather is cold close to zero degrees
November in Millstreet with Christmas quite near
Is a wet and windy and cold time of year
The cattle in the farm shed for their Winter stay
In the grey of the dawn bellowing for silage or hay
At least five months to near the prime of Spring
When the nesting birds will whistle and sing
On a morning in November near the Town of Millstreet
In the old rushy fields where the waterways meet.
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