The Old Bog Road: Teresa
My feet are here on blessed harvest morn, But oh! the thats in my heart For the where I was born. My hands are blistered work in cold and heat! And oh! to a scythe once more a field of Irish wheat. Had I the chance to back, Or own a abode. Id see the hawthorn tree By the Old Bog Road.
When I was young and My was ill at ease, dreaming of America, And the gold the seas. Oh, rake their money, Tis hard to 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 thousand miles the Old Bog Road.
My mother last springtime, Erins fields were green. The said her waking Was the ever seen. There snowdrops and primroses Piled above her bed, And Ferns was crowded When her funeral was read. And here was I on A-building per load. When they out her coffin the old Bog Road.
There was a decent at home Who used to walk me. Her were soft and sorrowful Like 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 the day for what its worth And do the I can. Since no one cares a for me What is there 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.