The Old Bog Road: Teresa
My are here on Broadway This harvest morn, But oh! the thats in my heart For the spot I was born. My weary hands are Through in cold and heat! And oh! to a scythe once more Through a of Irish wheat. Had I the to wander back, Or own a abode. Id see the hawthorn tree By the Old Bog Road.
I was young and restless My was ill at ease, Through of America, And the gold the seas. Oh, rake their money, Tis to find the same, And the world to any man If no one his name. Ive had my day and I am A-building per load. A long three miles away the Old Bog Road.
My died last springtime, When fields were green. The neighbours said her Was the finest seen. were snowdrops and primroses Piled above her bed, And Church was crowded When her Mass was read. And here was I on bricks per load. When carried out her coffin the old Bog Road.
There was a girl at home Who to walk with me. Her eyes were and sorrowful Like oer the sea. Her was Mary Dwyer, But that was ago. The of God are wiser Than the things man might know. She the day I left her, A-building per load, Id best forget the Ive spent On the old Bog Road.
Ah! Lifes a 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 smoke my alone. Each human heart bear its grief Though be the bode So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.