The Foggy Dew-Patsy Watchorn

[ti:The Foggy Dew] [ar:Patsy Watchorn] [al:Hearts On Fire] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.47]The Foggy Dew _ Patsy Watchorn [00:03.45] [00:08.45]As down the glen one Easter morn [00:12.82]To a city fair rode I [00:17.23]There Armed lines of marching men [00:21.51]In squadrons passed me by [00:25.86]No fife did hum nor battle drum [00:30.13]Did sound it's dread tattoo [00:32.38] [00:34.33]But the Angelus bell o'er the Liffey swell [00:38.66]Rang out through the foggy dew [00:41.51] [00:42.97]Right proudly high over Dublin Town [00:47.32]They hung out the flag of war [00:50.57] [00:51.49]'Twas better to die 'neath an Irish sky [00:55.80]Than at Sulva or Sud El Bar [01:00.07]And from the plains of Royal Meath [01:04.20]Strong men came hurrying through [01:07.60] [01:08.29]While Britannia's Huns with their long range guns [01:12.88]Sailed in through the foggy dew [01:16.22] [01:17.35]'Twas Britannia bade our Wild Geese go [01:21.37]That small nations might be free [01:24.32] [01:25.80]But their lonely graves are by Sulva's waves [01:29.99]Or the shore of the Great North Sea [01:33.37] [01:34.40]Oh had they died by Pearse's side [01:38.56]Or fought with Cathal Brugha [01:42.60]Their names we will keep where the fenians sleep [01:47.22]'Neath the shroud of the foggy dew [01:49.78] [02:00.23]But the bravest fell and the requiem bell [02:04.42]Rang mournfully and clear [02:07.58] [02:08.69]For those who died that Easter tide [02:12.78]In the springing of the year [02:16.22] [02:17.29]And the world did gaze in deep amaze [02:21.33]At those fearless men but few [02:25.48]Who bore the fight that freedom's light [02:30.10]Might shine through the foggy dew [02:33.36] [02:34.37]Back through the glen I rode again [02:38.45]And my heart with grief was sore [02:41.93] [02:42.73]For I parted then with valiant men [02:47.18]Whom I never shall see more [02:51.54]But to and fro in my dreams I go [02:55.58]And I'd kneel and pray for you [02:58.73] [02:59.95]For slavery fled O glorious dead [03:07.86] [03:08.63]When you fell in the foggy dew