The Old Bog Teresa Brayton
My are here on Broadway This harvest morn, But oh! the ache thats in my For the where I was born. My weary hands are Through in cold and heat! And oh! to swing a scythe once a field of Irish wheat. Had I the to wander 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, Through of America, And the beyond the seas. Oh, rake 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 bricks per load. A three thousand miles away the Old Bog Road.
My mother last springtime, When fields were green. The said her waking Was the finest seen. There were snowdrops and Piled above her bed, And Ferns Church was When her funeral was read. And here was I on A-building per load. When they carried out her the old Bog Road.
There was a girl at home Who to walk with me. Her eyes were and sorrowful moonlight oer the sea. Her was Mary Dwyer, But was long ago. The of God are wiser Than the things that man know. She died the day I her, A-building 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. Since no one cares a for me What is there to moan, Ill go my way and my pay And my pipe alone. Each heart must bear its grief Though be the bode So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.