C Am
I dreamt all last night,
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oh bad cess to my dreaming!
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I’d die if I thought
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‘t would come surely to pass.
C Am
I dreamt, while the tears
Dm G7
down my pillow were rolling,
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my Teddy was courting
G9 C
another fair lass.
G
And didn’t I wake
Dm C
with a weeping and wailing,
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the pain in my heart
Dm G7
was too deep to conceal.
C Am
My mother cried “Nora dear,
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what is your railing?”
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but all I could answer
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was “Teddy O’Neill”.
I’ve seen the old cabin
beyond the wee boreen,
I’ve seen the old crossroads
where we used to dance.
I ramble the lane
where he called me his storeen
and my girlish heart
felt the thrill of romance.
But now all around
is so sad and so dreary,
all dark and all silent,
no piper, no reel.
Not even the sun
through the casement shines cheery
since I left my darling boy,
Teddy O’Neill.
Shall I ever forget
when the big ship was ready
and the time it was come
for my love to depart?
How I cried like a child
a goodbye to you, Teddy,
with a tear on my cheek
and a stone in my heart.
He said ‘t was far better
his fate he went roving,
but what would be gold
to the joy I would feel
if he’d only come back
to me, tender and loving,
yet poor, but my own darling,
Teddy O’Neill.
J. Chaves Rosa
jchavesrosa@hotmail.com
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