The Old Bog Teresa Brayton
My feet are here on blessed harvest morn, But oh! the thats in my heart For the spot I was born. My hands are blistered Through work in and heat! And oh! to a scythe once more Through a field of wheat. Had I the chance to back, Or own a abode. Id sooner see the tree By the Old Bog Road.
When I was young and My was ill at ease, dreaming of America, And the gold the seas. Oh, sorrow rake money, Tis hard to the same, And whats the to any man If no one his name. Ive had my day and I am A-building per load. A long three thousand away the Old Bog Road.
My mother died springtime, When fields were green. The said her waking Was the ever seen. There were and primroses high above her bed, And Church was crowded When her Mass was read. And here was I on bricks per load. When they carried out her the old Bog Road.
There was a decent at home Who used to with me. Her were soft and sorrowful Like oer the sea. Her was Mary Dwyer, But that was ago. The of God are wiser Than the that man might know. She died the day I her, A-building per load, Id best forget the days Ive On the old Bog Road.
Ah! Lifes a puzzle, finding out by man, Ill take the day for what its And do the I can. no one cares a rush for me What need is to moan, Ill go my way and my pay And smoke my alone. Each human must bear its grief Though bitter be the So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.