On The Blackwater Swim

To be truthful i am not one bit surprised for to hear That the organizers of The Boeing swim in the New Year Are advertising online for new swimming volunteers For most thoughts of a dip in icy waters never gives rise to cheers At temperatures at or below zero degrees The Blackwater in Winter a brass monkey might freeze Better ways to enjoy yourself it does seem to me Than swimming in icy waters in January When there isn't a leaf in any deciduous tree This is a good way of catching pneumonia and would you not agree That this is not a recipe for a long life span For any boy or girl or woman or man I never went for a dip in the Blackwater in Winter not even in my life's prime And that is going back a few decades in time When the Boggeraghs are in their white hats of snow And cold Arctic like winds in Duhallow do blow The organizers advertising online for volunteers for the Blackwater swim on New Years Day For to celebrate the birth of twenty thirteen one can think of a more enjoyable way Of welcoming the New Year though it is for a good cause they brave the chill When frost is in the old fields and snow is on the hill.