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Boherbue Fair by Jerry
Long
This new fair of North Cork that I went up to see
It was
held in a village they call Boherbue
We had motors and lorries and cattle
galore
And all public houses were thronged to the door
When I entered
the village my face turned pale
When I saw all the things that were offered
for sale
Deals were made quick and prices were big
But no one had come
there to purchase a pig
In front of Maige Andy's we had pigs in a
rail
Over at the barrack there were turkeys for sale
Back at the chapel
we had praties and oats
And a man from Corraguans with a couple of
goats
The village was heaving with many strange scenes
Then a ballad
singer started outside Mrs Breen's
I saw the blind fiddler slowly poking his
way
in front of Mike Casey's he started to play
They made a mistake
the greatest of all
They forgot to get keys to open the hall
We had a
fine bunch of young ladies the finest i've seen
from Ballydesmond, Newmarket
and Glashakinleen
Out in the day I went for a few halves
The farmers
were smiling after selling their calves
There was one fellow inside and his
pockets were full
He got thirty pounds for a black polly bull
Jerh
Buckley was there with a very nice smile
saying weel have one more round
sure tis only a mile
We can go home then and do our day's work
Sure
t'would take us til nightime to come from Kanturk |
