Foggy Dew

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As down the glen one Easter morn 
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to a city fair rode I,
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There armed lines of marching men
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 in squadrons passed me by;
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No pipe did hum, nor battle drum 
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did sound it's loud tattoo,
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But the Angelus bell o'er the 
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Liffey's swell rang out through 
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the Foggy Dew.


[Verse 2]

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Right proudly high o'er Dublin 
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Town they hung out the flag of war,
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Twas better die neath an Irish 
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sky than at Suvla or Sud El Bar;
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And from the plains of Royal 
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Meath strong men came hurrying 
through,
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While Brittania's sons, with their 
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long range guns, sailed in 
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through the Foggy Dew.
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[Verse 3]

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O, the night fell black, and the 
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rifles crack made "Perfidious 
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Albion" reel,
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'Mid the leaden rain, seven 
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tongues of flame did shine o'er 
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the lines of steel;
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By each shinning blade a prayer 
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was said that to Ireland her sons 
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be true,
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And when morning broke still the 
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war flag shook out it's folds in 
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the Foggy Dew.


[Verse 4]

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'Twas England bade our Wild Geese 
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go, that small nations might be 
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free,
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But their lonely graves are by 
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Suvla's waves or the fringe of 
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the Great North Sea.
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Oh had they died by Pearse's 
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side or had fought with Cathal 
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Brugha,
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Their names we'd keep where the 
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Fenians sleep, 'neath the shroud 
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of the Foggy Dew


[Verse 5]

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But the bravest fell, and the 
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requiem bell rang mournfully and
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 clear,
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For those who died the Eastertide
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 in the springtime of the year.
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While the world did gaze with deep
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 amaze at those fearless men but 
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few,
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Who bore the fight that freedom's 
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light might shine through the 
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Foggy Dew,


[Verse 6]

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Back through the glen I rode 
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again, and my heart with grief was 
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sore,
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For I parted then with valiant 
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men who I never shall see more;
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But to and from in my dreams I 
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go, and I'd kneel and pray for you,
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For slavery fled, O glorious dead
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 when you fell in the Foggy Dew.