Thugamar féin an samhraidh linn is an old song sung at the time of booleying - that joyous time when the cows were brought to the high mountain pastures to fatten in early summer by the young maidens - and which was sung to greet Queen Elizabeth I of England by Irish children at some stage - did the old rip visit Ireland?

My memory of the song is vague, but I remember it as involving heifers rather than herrings:

Samhradh! Samhradh! Bainne na gamhna!
Thugamar féin an samhraidh linn!