The Old Bog Road: Brayton
My feet are on Broadway This harvest morn, But oh! the ache thats in my For the spot I was born. My hands are blistered Through work in and heat! And oh! to a scythe once more 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 young and My was ill at ease, dreaming of America, And the beyond 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 bricks per load. A long three thousand away the Old Bog Road.
My mother died springtime, Erins fields were green. The said her waking Was the ever seen. were snowdrops and primroses Piled above her bed, And Church was crowded her funeral Mass was read. And here was I on A-building per load. When they carried out her the old Bog Road.
There was a decent girl at Who used to with me. Her eyes were and sorrowful Like oer the sea. Her was Mary Dwyer, But was long ago. The of God are wiser Than the things man might know. She the day I left her, A-building per load, Id best forget the Ive spent On the old Bog Road.
Ah! Lifes a puzzle, finding out by man, Ill take the day for its worth 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 must bear its grief Though bitter be the So God be you, Ireland, And the Old Bog Road.