The Carlow Fence

The Carlow Fence - Richie Kavanagh

There never was a structure before now or since

As unique and sturdy as the carlow fence

The upright on top was cut into a vee

For the end of the lentil to fit into you see

Says watson down in fenagh this granite fence I'm starting

You'll see it still beside the road down in ballydarton

All throughout the county you'll see this fence still

Grand ones in oak park and up in ballinakill

There never was a structure before now or since

As unique and sturdy as the carlow fence

The upright on top was cut into a vee

For the end of the lentil to fit into you see

Cleaved from a rock up out of the ground

The cleaver worked the stone wherever it was found

With stone pick wedges plug and two feathers

Simple tools but mighty tools when the were worked together

There never was a structure before now or since

As unique and sturdy as the carlow fence

The upright on top was cut into a vee

For the end of the lentil to fit into you see

God bless the stone cutters for the lovely work the did

Hard auld work for a small few quid

A heritage in stone there forever more

The lovely Carlow fence a fence that I adore

There never was a structure before now or since

As unique and sturdy as the carlow fence

The upright on top was cut into a vee

For the end of the lentil to fit into you see

There never was a structure before now or since

As unique and sturdy as the carlow fence

The upright on top was cut into a vee

For the end of the lentil to fit into you see