The Old Bog Road: Teresa
My are here on Broadway This blessed morn, But oh! the thats in my heart For the where 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 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 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 long three miles away the Old Bog Road.
My mother last springtime, When Erins fields green. The said her waking Was the ever seen. were snowdrops and primroses Piled high her bed, And Ferns was crowded her funeral Mass was read. And was I on Broadway bricks per load. When they out her coffin the old Bog Road.
There was a decent at home Who used to walk me. Her eyes soft and sorrowful Like oer the sea. Her name was Dwyer, But was long ago. The of God are wiser Than the things man might know. She died the day I her, bricks per load, Id forget the days Ive spent On the old Bog Road.
Ah! Lifes a puzzle, finding out by man, Ill the day for what its worth And do the I can. Since no one a rush for me What need is to moan, Ill go my way and my pay And my pipe alone. Each human heart must its grief bitter be the bode So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.