The Old Bog Road: Teresa
My feet are here on This blessed morn, But oh! the ache thats in my For the spot I was born. My weary are blistered Through 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 sooner see the tree By the Old Bog Road.
When I was and restless My was ill at ease, dreaming of America, And the beyond 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 three thousand away the Old Bog Road.
My mother last springtime, When Erins were green. The neighbours said her Was the finest seen. There were snowdrops and Piled high her bed, And Ferns Church was her funeral Mass was read. And here was I on A-building per load. When they out her coffin the old Bog Road.
There was a decent at home Who to walk with me. Her eyes soft and sorrowful moonlight oer the sea. Her was Mary Dwyer, But that was ago. The of God are wiser Than the things that man know. She died the day I her, bricks per load, Id forget 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 smoke my alone. Each human heart must bear its Though bitter be the So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.