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Foggy Dew
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World
Foggy Dew was released on March 24, 2005 by NFA Recordings as a part of the album Standards
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Release DateMarch 24, 2005
LabelNFA Recordings
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM121

Credits

COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Brendan Holmes
Brendan Holmes
Songwriter
Paul O'Toole
Paul O'Toole
Songwriter
Keith Roberts
Keith Roberts
Songwriter
Randy Woolford
Randy Woolford
Songwriter

Lyrics

As down the glen one Easter morn
To a city fair rode I
There Armed lines of marching men
In squadrons passed me by
No fife did hum nor battle drum
Did sound it's dread tattoo
But the Angelus bell o'er the Liffey swell
Rang out through the foggy dew
Right proudly high over Dublin Town
They hung out the flag of war
'Twas better to die 'neath an Irish sky
Than at Sulva or Sud El Bar
And from the plains of Royal Meath
Strong men came hurrying through
While Britannia's Huns, with their long range guns
Sailed in through the foggy dew
'Twas Britannia bade our Wild Geese go
That small nations might be free
But their lonely graves are by Sulva's waves
Or the shore of the Great North Sea
Oh, had they died by Pearse's side
Or fought with Cathal Brugha
Their names we will keep where the fenians sleep
'Neath the shroud of the foggy dew
But the bravest fell, and the requiem bell
Rang mournfully and clear
For those who died that Easter tide
In the springing of the year
And the world did gaze, in deep amaze
At those fearless men, but few
Who bore the fight that freedom's light
Might shine through the foggy dew
Oh, back through the glen I rode again
And my heart with grief was sore
For I parted then with valiant men
Whom I never shall see more
But to and fro in my dreams I go
And I'd kneel and pray for you
For slavery fled, O glorious dead
When you fell in the foggy dew
Written by: Brendan Holmes, Keith Roberts, Paul O'Toole, Randy Woolford
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