The Old Bog Road: Brayton
My feet are here on This harvest morn, But oh! the thats in my heart For the spot I was born. My weary hands are Through 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 see the hawthorn tree 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 the world to any man If no one his name. Ive had my day and I am bricks per load. A long three thousand miles the Old Bog Road.
My mother last springtime, Erins fields were green. The neighbours her waking Was the finest seen. There snowdrops and primroses Piled high her bed, And Ferns was crowded her funeral Mass was read. And was I on Broadway A-building per load. When carried 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 was Mary Dwyer, But that was ago. The of God are wiser the things that man might 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 take the day for its worth And do the I can. no one cares a rush for me What need is to moan, Ill go my way and my pay And smoke my alone. human heart must bear its grief Though be the bode So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.