October In Duhallow

Across green old Duhallow from here far away Cool winds from the Boggeraghs are blowing today In October a cool, wet and windy time of year In the prime of the Autumn as Winter draws near Swollen by the downpours of recent heavy rain Brown storm water flowing fast in every field drain The swallows are on their way for warmer climes far south Of the fields of the badger and waterways of the brown trout The cattle will soon be in their farmyard wintering sheds for at least a five months stay For to live until April on silage and hay And at the arrival of the redwing thrushes from the colder north one comes of to know That the Boggeraghssoon will be in their hats of snow The deciduous leaves are turning to brown And to the grass by their parent trees on the wind drifting down Grey clouds o'er the Boggeraghs more rain on the way The sun may not shine on Duhallow today A chill in the wind in the grey of the dawn And the salmon are swimming upriver to spawn In green old Duhallow every bush, tree and hedgerow The pummellingof the strong and harsh winds are beginning to show.