Above The Old Rushy Fields Where Finnow Is Flowing

Above the old rushy fields where Finnow is flowing The chilly freshening winds from the Boggeraghs are blowing And Blackwater flowing bank high towards the ocean via Mallow In the calendar Spring in early March in Duhallow Deciduous trees bare though leaf buds on their branches appearing A sign that Spring weather to North Cork is nearing The cattle in Farmyard sheds though Winter supposed to be over It could well be a month yet before they eat clover In early March in Duhallow it is often windy and raining And farmers low in fodder for their cattle of weather complaining The sun it is hidden in the gray sky heavily clouded And in the fogs of rain the Boggeraghs are shrouded The birds not yet nesting or singing and no sign of a swallow In chilly early March in wet and windy Duhallow.