The Old Bog Road: Teresa
My are here on Broadway This harvest morn, But oh! the ache thats in my For the spot I was born. My weary hands are Through work in and heat! And oh! to swing a scythe more Through a field of wheat. Had I the to wander back, Or own a abode. Id see the hawthorn tree By the Old Bog Road.
When I was and restless My was ill at ease, dreaming of America, And the gold the seas. Oh, rake their 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 last springtime, When Erins fields green. The neighbours said her Was the finest seen. were snowdrops and primroses Piled high her bed, And Ferns was crowded her funeral Mass was read. And was I on Broadway A-building per load. When they out her coffin the old Bog Road.
There was a decent girl at Who used to walk me. Her eyes were and sorrowful moonlight oer the sea. Her name was Dwyer, But that was ago. The of God are wiser the things that man might know. She the day I left her, bricks per load, Id best the days Ive spent On the old Bog Road.
Ah! Lifes a puzzle, Past out by man, Ill take the day for what its And do the I can. Since no one a rush for me What need is to moan, Ill go my way and my pay And smoke my alone. Each human heart must bear its Though bitter be the So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.