The Old Bog Teresa Brayton
My are here on Broadway blessed harvest morn, But oh! the ache thats in my For the where I was born. My weary are blistered Through in cold and heat! And oh! to a scythe once more Through a of Irish 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 hard to the same, And the world 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, Erins fields were green. The neighbours said her Was the finest seen. There were snowdrops and Piled above her bed, And Ferns was crowded When her funeral was read. And was I on Broadway bricks per load. When they carried out her the old Bog Road.
There was a decent girl at Who used to walk me. Her eyes were soft and moonlight oer the sea. Her was Mary Dwyer, But was long ago. The of God are wiser Than the things that man 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, Past out by man, Ill the day for what 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 my pipe alone. Each human heart must bear its Though bitter be the So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.