Teddy O'Neillas neat a mud cabin as ever was seen Considerin' t'was used to keep poultry and pigs in, I'm sure it was always kept elegant clean But now all around seems 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 lost my darlin' boy Teddy O Neill I dreamt but last night (oh bad luck to my dreamin') I'd die if I thought 'twould come surely to pass But I dreamt while the tears down my pillow were streaming That Teddy was courtin' another fair lass Och! Did I not wake with a weeping and wailing The grief of that thought was too deep to conceal My mother cried, "Nora child, what is your ailing?" And all I could mutter was Teddy O Neill Shall I ever forget when the big ship was ready The moment had come when my love must depart How I sobbed like a spalpeen "Goodbye to you Teddy" With tears on my cheek and a stone in my heart He says 'tis to better his fortune he's roving But what would be gold to the joy I would feel If I saw him come back to me honest and loving Still poor but my darling boy Teddy O Neill Repeat last line and slow |