Ballydaly In Early February

A cold start to another cold Winter's day From the overnight frost the old fields looking gray A cold wind is blowing from Caherbarnagh Hill And the Cails bank high from Kippagh flows with a will To join with Finnow In flood waters of brown In Claraghatlea a mile from Millstreet Town As a result of yesterday's heavy rain Flood waters are babbling in the roadside drain And hungry redwings chirping on the leafless trees In temperatures of minus one degrees In the farmyard in galvanize cattle shed The hungry cows and bullocks bellow to be fed And February is blowing out a cold chill In the harsh wind from Caherbarnagh Hill.