The Foggy Dew-The Dublin Ramblers

[ti:The Foggy Dew] [ar:The Dublin Ramblers] [al:Irish - Here's to the Irish] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Foggy Dew - The Dublin Ramblers [00:05.09]As down the glen one Easter morn [00:10.84]To a city fair rode I [00:15.17] [00:16.52]There Armed lines of marching men [00:22.21]In squadrons passed me by [00:27.29] [00:27.87]No fife did hum nor battle drum [00:33.16]Did sound it's dread tattoo [00:37.74] [00:38.33]But the Angelus bell o'er the liffey swell [00:43.57]Rang out through the foggy dew [00:48.16] [00:48.91]Right proudly high over Dublin Town [00:54.77]They hung out the flag of war [00:59.73] [01:00.41]'Twas better to die 'neath an Irish sky [01:06.09]Than at Sulva or Sud El Bar [01:10.94] [01:11.54]And from the plains of Royal Meath [01:16.75]Strong men came hurrying through [01:21.37] [01:21.98]While Britannia's Huns with their long range guns [01:27.21]Sailed in through the foggy dew [01:31.82] [01:32.43]'Twas Britannia's bade our Wild Geese go [01:38.07]That small nations might be free [01:42.96] [01:43.60]But their lonely graves are by Sulva's waves [01:49.12]Or the shore of the Great North Sea [01:54.61]Oh had they died by Pearse's side [01:59.85]Or fought with Cathal Brugha [02:04.36] [02:04.96]Their names we will keep where the fenians sleep [02:10.21]'neath the shroud of the foggy dew [02:14.91] [02:15.55]But the bravest fell and the requiem bell [02:20.96]Rang mournfully and clear [02:25.90] [02:26.47]For those who died that Eastertide [02:31.90]In the springing of the year [02:36.81] [02:37.31]And the world did gaze in deep amaze [02:42.49]At those fearless men but few [02:46.90] [02:47.46]Who bore the fight that freedom's light [02:52.64]Might shine through the foggy foggy dew