The Old Bog Road: Brayton
My are here on Broadway blessed harvest morn, But oh! the ache thats in my For the spot I was born. My weary are blistered work 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 see the hawthorn 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, sorrow rake 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 last springtime, When Erins were green. The neighbours said her Was the ever seen. were snowdrops and primroses Piled high her bed, And Ferns was crowded When her Mass was read. And here was I on A-building per load. they carried out her coffin the old Bog Road.
There was a decent girl at Who used to walk me. Her eyes were 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, 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 what its 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 heart must bear its grief Though be the bode So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.