Teddy O'Neill

I dreamt all last night
Oh, bad 'cess to my dreaming
I'd die if I thought would come surely to pass
I dreamt while the tears down my pillow were rolling
That Teddy was courting another fair lass

And didn't I wake with a weeping and a wailing
The pain in my heart was too deep to conceal
My mother cried, "Nora dear, what is your ailing?"
But all I could answer 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've rambled the lane where he called me his story
And my girlish heart felt the thrill of romance

But now all around is so dark and so dreary
All dark and all silent, no piper, no reel
Not even the sun through the case 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, oh, goodbye to you, Teddy
With a tear on my cheek and a stone in my heart

He said, "Twas to better his fate, he went roaming"
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