In Sliabh Luachra Today

The Paps of Shrone hidden in the gray fogs of rain And storm water flowing in every field drain The sun will not shine through the low clouds of gray It is cold, windy and raining in Sliabh Luachra today The black faced horned sheep are down on the high fields from the hill And brown flood water flowing bank high in the rain swollen rill The cattle in the farmyard sheds are bellowing for silage or hay At least two months before grass growth in truth one can say In the cold, windy and wet mornings songbirds one does not hear In Sliabh Luachra in February a cold and wet time of year And though the calendar Spring of March in time not far away For nicer and warmer weather one might have to wait for May The Paps of Shrone hidden in the fog rains of gray It is cold, windy and raining in Sliabh Luachra today.