The Old Bog Road: Brayton
My feet are here on blessed harvest morn, But oh! the ache in my heart For the spot I was born. My weary hands are work in cold and heat! And oh! to swing a scythe 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, rake their money, Tis to find 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 three thousand miles away the Old Bog Road.
My mother last springtime, When Erins were green. The neighbours her waking Was the finest seen. There were snowdrops and Piled above her bed, And Church was crowded her funeral Mass was read. And was I on Broadway bricks per load. When they carried out her the old Bog Road.
There was a decent girl at Who used to walk 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 things that man know. She the day I left her, A-building per load, Id best forget the days Ive On the old Bog Road.
Ah! Lifes a puzzle, Past out by man, Ill take the day for its worth And do the I can. no one cares a rush for me What is there to moan, Ill go my way and my pay And my pipe alone. Each heart must bear its grief Though bitter be the So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.