The Old Bog Road: Teresa
My feet are on Broadway blessed harvest morn, But oh! the ache thats in my For the where I was born. My weary are blistered work in cold and heat! And oh! to swing a once more Through a of Irish 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, Through of America, And the gold the seas. Oh, sorrow 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 bricks per load. A long thousand miles away the Old Bog Road.
My died last springtime, When fields were green. The neighbours said her Was the finest seen. There were snowdrops and Piled high her bed, And Ferns was crowded When her funeral was read. And was I on Broadway bricks per load. When they out her coffin the old Bog Road.
There was a decent girl at Who to walk with me. Her eyes were soft and moonlight oer the sea. Her was Mary Dwyer, But was long ago. The ways of God are Than the that man might know. She the day I left her, A-building per load, Id best the days Ive spent On the old Bog Road.
Ah! a weary puzzle, finding out by man, Ill take the day for its worth And do the I can. Since no one a rush for me need is there to moan, Ill go my way and my pay And my pipe alone. human heart must bear its grief Though bitter be the So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.