The Old Bog Road: Teresa
My feet are here on This harvest morn, But oh! the ache thats in my For the where I was born. My weary hands are Through work in and heat! And oh! to swing a once 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 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 bricks per load. A three thousand miles away the Old Bog Road.
My mother last springtime, When fields were green. The neighbours said her Was the finest seen. There were snowdrops and Piled high her bed, And Church was crowded When her funeral 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 with me. Her eyes soft and sorrowful moonlight oer the sea. Her name was Dwyer, But that was ago. The of God are wiser Than the that man might know. She died the day I her, A-building per load, Id best forget the days Ive On the old Bog Road.
Ah! a weary puzzle, finding out by man, Ill take the day for what its And do the I can. Since no one a rush for me What is there to moan, Ill go my way and my pay And smoke my alone. Each human heart bear its grief Though bitter be the So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.