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X:1
T:The Foggy Dew
C:Trad
O:Ireland
Z:Webmaster
M:C
L:1/4
Q:1/4=120
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w:'Twas - down the - glen one - Eas-ter morn To a ci - ty - fair rode I. When
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w:Ire-lands - line of - mar-ching - men In - squad - rons - passed me - by. No
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w:pipe did hum, and no bat-tle drum did - sound its - loud - tat - too. But the
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w:An-ge-lus bell o’er the Lif-fey’s swell rang - out - in the fog-gy - dew.
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W:English:
W:
W:1
W:‘Twas down the glen one Easter morn
W:To a city fair rode I.
W:When Ireland's line of marching men
W:In squadrons passed me by.
W:No pipe did hum, no battle drum
W:Did sound its loud tattoo
W:But the Angelus bell o’er the Liffey’s swell
W:Rang out in the foggy dew.
W:
W:2
W:Right proudly high over Dublin town
W:They hung out a flag of war.
W:‘Twas better to die ‘neath an Irish sky
W:Than at Suvla or Sud el Bar.
W:And from the plains of Royal Meath
W:Strong men came hurrying through;
W:While Brittania’s huns with their great big guns
W:Sailed in through the foggy dew.
W:
W:3
W:O’ the night fell black and the rifles’ crack
W:Made "Perfidious Abion" reel
W:‘Mid the leaden rail, seven tongues of flame
W:Did shine o’er the lines of steel.
W:By each shining blade a prayer was siad
W:That to Ireland her sons be true,
W:And when morning broke still the war flag shook
W:Out its fold in the foggy dew
W:
W:4
W:‘Twas England bade our wild geese go
W:That small nations might be free.
W:But their lonely graves are by Suvla’s waves
W:On the fringe of the gray North Sea.
W:But had they died by Pearse’s side
W:Or fought with Cathal Brugha,
W:Their names we’d keep where the Fenians sleep
W:‘Neath the shroud of the foggy dew.
W:
W:5
W:The bravest fell, and the solemn bell
W:Rang mournfully and clear
W:For those who died that Watertide
W:In the springing of the year.
W:And the world did gaze with deep amaze
W:At those fearless men, but few
W:Who bore the fight that freedom’s light
W:Might shine through the foggy dew.
W:
W:6
W:Ah, back through the glen I rode again
W:And my heart with grief was sore
W:For I parted then with valiant men
W:whom I never shall see more.
W:But to and fro in my dreams I go and
W:I’d kneel and pray for you,
W:For slavery fled, O glorious dead, when
W:You fell in the foggy dew.
W:
W:
W:Gaelic:
W:
W:1
W:W:Is an bhfaca tú m’óig-fhear-sa gabhailt amach
W:Ar maidin le h-éiri an lae?
W:Is an bhfaca tú m’óig-fhear-sa gabhailt amach
W:Ar maidin le fáinne an lae?
W:A dhá ghéag chanta dar ndóigh ba dheas,
W:Is a leaca ar dhath na gcaor,
W:Is go deimhin a bhean ba dheas a ghean
W:Ar maidin le fáinne an lae?

W:2
W:Raghad-sa chun coille agus fanfad ann seal
W:Go dtiocfaidh chugham grá mo chléibh.
W:Raghad-sa chun coille agus fanfad ann seal
W:Go dtiocfaidh chugham bláth mo shaoil.
W:Mo rún, mo reacht, mo bhuachaill deas,
W:Mo chuaille ar feadh mo shaoil,
W:Is go deimhin a bhean beidh a theacht thar n-ais
W:Ar maidin mar dhrúcht ón speir.

W:3
W:Chím-se mo mhaoin-sa chugham ag teacht
W:Ar maidin mar dhrucht ón speir.
W:Chím-se mo mhaoin-sa chugham ag teacht
W:Ar maidin mar theidhil ó ngréin.
W:Mo rún, mo reacht, mo rí-fhear ceart,
W:Mo dhíon-sa ar feadh mo ré
W:Is go deimhin a bhean is liom-sa an teacht
W:Ar maidin mar theidhil ó ngréin.
W:And when morning broke still the war flag shook
W:Out its fold in the foggy dew
W:

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