Duhallow In Mid February

The cold wind of February from the mountains do blow In the fields of Duhallow where the Blackwater flow In the home of jackdaw and rook and the silver back crow The hungry cattle in farm-shed for fodder bellow Though with every passing day Spring weather drawing near Mid February in Duhallow is a cold and wet time of year The river Blackwater in flood waters of brown Is flowing with a loud babble on towards Mallow Town The migratory redwing thrushes chirping on the bare hedgerow Their northern woodlands are now covered in snow To their homes in Northern Scotland and further north for their breeding stay In a month from now will be on their way The old fields at morning with frost hoary gray In Duhallow in mid February on a cold and windy day.