I dreamt all last night, oh bad 'cess to my dreaming I'd die if I thought t'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 see the old cabin beyond the wee boreen I've see the old crossroads where we used to dance I ramble the lane where he called me his story And my girlish heart was so full of romance
But now all is so dark and so dreary All dark and all silent, no piper, no real Not even the sun through the casement shines cheery Since I lost my darling love, 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 t'was to better his fate, he went roaming But what would be gold to the joy I would heal If he'd only come back to me tender and loving Yet poor but my own darling, Teddy O'Neill.