The Old Bog Teresa Brayton
My feet are here on This harvest morn, But oh! the ache in my heart For the spot I was born. My weary hands are work in cold and heat! And oh! to swing a once more Through a of Irish wheat. Had I the chance to back, Or own a abode. Id sooner see the hawthorn 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 three miles away the Old Bog Road.
My died last springtime, When Erins were green. The said her waking Was the ever seen. were snowdrops and primroses Piled high her bed, And Ferns Church was When her funeral was read. And was I on Broadway A-building per load. When they out her coffin the old Bog Road.
There was a decent at home Who used to walk me. Her were soft and sorrowful Like oer the sea. Her name was Dwyer, But that was ago. The ways of God are Than the things man might know. She the day I left her, bricks per load, Id best forget the days Ive On the old Bog Road.
Ah! Lifes a puzzle, finding out by man, Ill take the day for what its 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 my pipe alone. human heart must bear its grief Though bitter be the So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.