The Old Bog Teresa Brayton
My feet are on Broadway blessed 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 scythe more Through a of Irish wheat. Had I the to wander back, Or own a abode. Id sooner see the hawthorn 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 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 three thousand miles away the Old Bog Road.
My died last springtime, When Erins fields green. The neighbours said her Was the ever seen. There were snowdrops and Piled above her bed, And Ferns Church was When her Mass was read. And here was I on A-building 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 moonlight oer the sea. Her name was Dwyer, But was long ago. The of God are wiser Than the that man might know. She the day I left her, bricks per load, Id best the days Ive spent On the old Bog Road.
Ah! a weary puzzle, finding 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 smoke my alone. Each human heart must bear its Though be the bode So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.