A Coursing Rant

The closure of the Millstreet Town Park for hare coursing by the committee of the Millstreet Coursing club

Of late a hotly disputed topic online and in many a Duhallow pub

By the pro and anti coursing people strong feelings to angry words give rise

That such feelings can become emotive in reality no surprise

I used to be a fan of coursing this is going back many years

And if today the Irish Government ban it i for one will not be shedding tears

But of course the Government will not ban it since they would lose votes in the process

Though the anti coursing people their strong views in public will express

In Duhallow coursing not a big craze less talked of  than Hurling and Gaelic Football stars

And famed athletes and rally drivers at night in the public bars

Many condemn coursing people this to say the least quite sad

Of them in past years i have known many and in them could not see any bad

Hare coursing has changed quite a lot it seems far less cruel today

Coursing dogs nowadays are muzzled when they chase their natural prey

Coursing fans are not cruel people despite what anti coursing people think or say

When the hare makes good it's escape from them there's a loud hooray

Those who cannot walk in the Millstreet Town Park due to coursing in December should have no reason to complain

In Winter in wet old Ireland not many days without some rain

When mature trees were removed in the Millstreet Town Park one has to wonder where were they

How many of them were then protesting and of this what had they to say?

Environmental damage by us humans is far worse than hare coursing this is how it seems to me

And i am one when i was younger who did cut down many a tree

This makes me look quite hypocritical many would see it this way

But from our mistakes we do learn what i was i am not today

In December when old Clara wears a Winter hat of snow

And Finnow to the Blackwater bank high by Millstreet Town does flow

In Millstreet Town by the mountain many a wet and wintery day

And only the foolhardy a visit to the Town Park does pay

For those protesting the closing of the Millstreet Town Park i feel no sympathy at all

If this is their biggest worry then their worries are quite small

And if coursing is banned in Ireland i will not be shedding tears

I will just get on with my life as i have been doing for years.