The Old Bog Road: Brayton
My are here on Broadway This 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 once 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 beyond 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 A-building per load. A long three thousand away the Old Bog Road.
My died last springtime, When Erins were green. The neighbours said her Was the finest seen. There snowdrops and primroses Piled high her bed, And Ferns Church was When her funeral was read. And was I on Broadway A-building per load. When they carried out her 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 name was Dwyer, But that was ago. The ways of God are Than the things man might know. She the day I left her, bricks per load, Id forget the days Ive spent 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. Since no one cares a for me need is there to moan, Ill go my way and my pay And smoke my alone. Each human heart bear its grief bitter be the bode So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.