Foggy Dew

Song Foggy Dew
Artist The Sandsacks
Album Rebels and Rovers

Lyrics

[00:04.13] As down the glen one Easter morn
[00:07.77] To a city fair rode I
[00:11.61] There Ireland's lines of marching men
[00:15.54] In squadrons passed me by
[00:19.35] No fife did hum nor battle drum
[00:23.35] Did sound it's loud tattoo
[00:27.10] But the Angelus' bell o'er the Liffey swells
[00:31.19] Rang out through the foggy dew
[00:35.08] Right proudly high over Dublin Town
[00:38.67] They hung out the flag of war
[00:42.69] 'Twas better to die 'neath an Irish sky
[00:46.64] Than at Suvla or Sud el Bar
[00:50.43] And from the plains of Royal Meath
[00:54.33] Strong men came hurrying through
[00:58.40] While Britannia's Huns, with their long range guns
[01:01.99] Sailed in through the foggy dew
[01:36.92] 'Twas Britannia bade our Wild Geese go
[01:40.74] That small nations might be free
[01:44.64] But their lonely graves are by Suvla’s waves
[01:48.50] Or the shore of the Great North Sea
[01:52.33] Oh, had they died by Pearse‘s side
[01:56.14] Or fought with Cathal Brugha
[02:00.03] Their names we will keep where the fenians sleep
[02:04.04] 'Neath the shroud of the foggy dew
[02:38.91] But the bravest fell, and the requiem bell
[02:42.70] Rang mournfully and clear
[02:46.53] For those who died that Easter-tide
[02:50.37] In the springing of the year
[02:54.30] And the world did gaze with deep amaze,
[02:58.26] At those fearless men but few
[03:02.15] Who bore the fight that freedom's light
[03:05.93] Might shine through the foggy dew

Pinyin

[00:04.13] As down the glen one Easter morn
[00:07.77] To a city fair rode I
[00:11.61] There Ireland' s lines of marching men
[00:15.54] In squadrons passed me by
[00:19.35] No fife did hum nor battle drum
[00:23.35] Did sound it' s loud tattoo
[00:27.10] But the Angelus' bell o' er the Liffey swells
[00:31.19] Rang out through the foggy dew
[00:35.08] Right proudly high over Dublin Town
[00:38.67] They hung out the flag of war
[00:42.69] ' Twas better to die ' neath an Irish sky
[00:46.64] Than at Suvla or Sud el Bar
[00:50.43] And from the plains of Royal Meath
[00:54.33] Strong men came hurrying through
[00:58.40] While Britannia' s Huns, with their long range guns
[01:01.99] Sailed in through the foggy dew
[01:36.92] ' Twas Britannia bade our Wild Geese go
[01:40.74] That small nations might be free
[01:44.64] But their lonely graves are by Suvla' s waves
[01:48.50] Or the shore of the Great North Sea
[01:52.33] Oh, had they died by Pearse' s side
[01:56.14] Or fought with Cathal Brugha
[02:00.03] Their names we will keep where the fenians sleep
[02:04.04] ' Neath the shroud of the foggy dew
[02:38.91] But the bravest fell, and the requiem bell
[02:42.70] Rang mournfully and clear
[02:46.53] For those who died that Eastertide
[02:50.37] In the springing of the year
[02:54.30] And the world did gaze with deep amaze,
[02:58.26] At those fearless men but few
[03:02.15] Who bore the fight that freedom' s light
[03:05.93] Might shine through the foggy dew