Oh, I dreamt all last night, oh, bad cess to my dreaming,
I'd die if I thought twould e'er come to pass,
I dreamt while the tears down my pillow were streaming,
That Teddy was courting another fair lass,
And didn't I wake with a weeping and wailing?
The grief of the though was too much to conceal
My mother cried, "Nora, dear, what is your ailing?"
But all I could answer was, "Teddy O'Neill."

I went to the cabin he danced his wild jigs in,
As neat a mud cabin as ever was seen,
Considering it served to keep poultry and pigs in,
I'm sure you'd allow was most decent and clean,
But now all about it looks cold, sad and dreary,
All sad and all silent, no piper, no reel,
Not even the sun, through the casement, shines cheery,
Since I lost that darling boy, Teddy O'Neill.

Shall I ever forget when the big ship was ready,
And the moment was come for me love to depart?
How I sobbed like a child, "Goodbye to you, Teddy",
With a tear on my cheek and a stone on my heart,
He said, "Twas to better, his fortune he wondered
But what would be gold to the joy I would feel
If he'd only come back to me honest and loving
Still poor, yet my own darling Teddy O'Neill.

If he'd only come back to me honest and loving
Still poor, yet my own darling Teddy O'Neill.