The Old Bog Road: Teresa
My feet are on Broadway This harvest morn, But oh! the thats in my heart For the spot I was born. My weary are blistered Through in cold and heat! And oh! to swing a once more a field of Irish wheat. Had I the chance to back, Or own a abode. Id sooner see the tree By the Old Bog Road.
When I was and restless My was ill at ease, dreaming of America, And the gold the seas. Oh, sorrow 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, Erins fields were green. The said her waking Was the finest seen. were snowdrops and primroses Piled high her bed, And Church was crowded When her funeral was read. And here was I on bricks per load. When they carried out her the old Bog Road.
There was a girl at home Who used to with me. Her were soft and sorrowful moonlight 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 best forget the 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. 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 must bear its Though be the bode So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.