Lyrics and Music by Richie Kavanagh
Chorus
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 V.
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.
Chorus
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 V.
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.
Chorus
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 V.
For the end of the lentil to fit into you see.
God bless the stone cutters for the lovely work they 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.
Chorus
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 V.
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 V.
For the end of the lentil to fit into you see.