In The Old Rushy

In the old rushy fields where the waterways meet Just west of the County Cork Town of Millstreet The mottled meadow pipits of feathers brown and gray In the greeness of April are singing today A freshening breeze of the Boggeraghs blowing And hidden in the rushes the male pheasants are crowing They mate with the females in April and May Though no other part in parenting they do play The lark a musical speck in the gray of the sky Though born on the ground for to sing has to fly The early flowers of Nature in full bloom to be seen And Duhallow is looking resplendent and green Spring in view of the Boggeraghs is a nice time of year The songs of the blackbirds, wrens, robins and song thrushes so pleasant to hear The finches are singing on bushes and trees Their voices are carrying in the freshening breeze And out of wintering sheds on months of living on silage and hay Cattle on nutritious young grass are gaining weight by the day In the old rushy fields by the Town of Millstreet In the green countryside where the waterways meet.