The Old Bog Road: Teresa
My are here on Broadway This harvest morn, But oh! the ache thats in my For the where I was born. My hands are blistered Through in cold and heat! And oh! to swing a once more Through a field of wheat. Had I the to wander back, Or own a abode. Id sooner see the tree By the Old Bog Road.
I was young and restless My was ill at ease, dreaming of America, And the gold the seas. Oh, rake 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 thousand miles away the Old Bog Road.
My mother died springtime, When Erins fields green. The neighbours her waking Was the finest seen. were snowdrops and primroses Piled above her bed, And Ferns was crowded her funeral 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 used to 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 things that man know. She the day I left her, bricks per load, Id best forget the Ive spent On the old Bog Road.
Ah! a weary puzzle, Past out by man, Ill take the day for what its 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 bitter be the bode So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.