The Foggy Dew

Traditional Irish

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As	down the glen one E	aster morn to a	city	fair rod	e I,

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Th	ere armed lines of m	arching men in	squadrons	passed me	by;

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N	o pipe did hum, nor	battle	drum did sound it's lo	ud tatto	o,

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But the	Angelus bell o'er the	Liffey's swell rang	out through the	Foggy	Dew.

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Right	proudly high o'er	Dublin Town they	hung out the	flag of	war,

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Twas	better die neath an	Irish sky than at	Suvla or	Sud El	Bar;

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And	from the plains of	Royal	Meath strong men came	hurrying	through,

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While	Brittania's Huns, with their	long range guns, sailed	in through the	Foggy	Dew.

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O, the	night fell black, and the	rifles crack made "	Perfidious	Albion"	reel,

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'Mid the	leaden rain, seven	tongues of flame did	shine o'er the	lines of	steel;

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By each	shinning blade a	prayer was said that to	Ireland her	sons be	true,

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And when	morning broke still the	war flag shook out it's	folds in the	Foggy	Dew.

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'Twas	England bade our	Wild Geese go that	small nations	might be	free,

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But their	lonely graves are by	Suvla's waves or the	fringe of the	Great North	Sea.

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Oh	had they died by	Pearse's	side or had fought with	Cathal Bru	gha,

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Their	names we'd keep where the	Fenians sleep, 'neath the	shroud of the	Foggy	Dew

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But the	bravest fell, and the	requiem bell rang m	ournfully	and	clear,

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For	those who died the	Eastertide in the	springtime of	the	year.

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While the	world did gaze with	deep	amaze at those fearless	men but	few,

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Who	bore the fight that	freedom's light might	shine through the	Foggy	Dew,

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Back	through the glen I	rode again, and my	heart with	grief was	sore,

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For I	parted then with	valient men who I	never	shall see	more;

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But	to and from in my	dreams I	go, and I'd kneel and	pray for	you,

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For	slavery fled, O	glorious dead when you	fell in the	Foggy	Dew.