Foggy dew

[BERNARD]

Can anyone give me the lyrics of this traditional song sung by Kathy O'sullivan, called the Foggy Dew.
Your reward will be a free translation of... anything you like into French, Spanish or Dutch or from that language into English.

Bernard, I do so hope this is the translation you are looking for. It's the only one I could find under Infoseek. Someone wrote down the lyrics that were sung by Sinead O'Connor. I'll keep my fingers crossed that this is it. Even if it isn't, the lyrics stir the soul.

The Foggy Dew (traditional)

'Twas down the glen one Easter morn
To a city fair rode I.
When Ireland's line of marching men
In squandrons passed me by.
No pipe did hum, no battle drum
Did sound its dread tattoo.
But the Angelus bell o'er the Liffey's swell
Rang out in the foggy dew.

Right proudly high over Dublin town
They hung out a flag of war.
'Twas better to die 'neath an Irish sky
Than at Suvla or Sud el Bar.
And from the plains of Royal Meath
Strong men came hurrying through;
While Brittania's sons with their long-range guns
Sailed in from the foggy dew.
'Twas England bade our wild geese go
That small nations might be free.
Their lonely graves are by Suvla's waves
On the fringe of the grey North Sea.
But had they died by Pearse's side
Or fought with Valera true,
Their graves we'd keep where the Fenians sleep
'Neath the hills of the foggy dew.

The bravest fell, and the solemn bell
Rang mournfully and clear.
For those who died that Eastertide
In the springtime of the year.
And the world did gaze in deep amaze,
At those fearless men and true.
Who bore the fight that freedom's light
Might shine through the foggy dew.


(pass the tissue)



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Gaol, Dilseachd, Cairdeas

Just in case anyone wants to know.....these are indeed the words Bernard was looking for. Gosh, I feel "special" today, I got something right!!!

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Gaol, Dilseachd, Cairdeas

[celticjack]

Crackin' good work, Becca! You never cease to amaze, a chara. But a warning: Don't sing this in Dublin unless a family member was actually in the GPO with Connelly during the 1916 Uprising! The song is almost revered as a "hymn" to the men--and women--who died.

Oh yare--you got the older, "nice" version; another, more angry one, uses the phrase, "Brittannia's Huns"!

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celticjack
Ar do slainte!


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And Jackie you never cease to amaze me with words I don't have a clue as to what their meanings are.....chara? I hope it's a nice word.
I'm glad to have picked the correct song. There was another one, but when I saw that Sinead sang this, there was no choice.
Bernard says he has a guitar and will play and sing it. Don't know if he can sing or not, he never responded.....like they always do to me.

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Gaol, Dilseachd, Cairdeas



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[celticjack]

"A chara," Becca--"Dear Friend"...(How could you think I would say otherwise?)

The Clancy Brothers (with Tommy Makem)probably recorded the definitive version of this song...on one live performance, they created a medley around it, using parts of "The Soldier's Song," "The Lighting of the Moon" and W.B.Yeats's "Easter 1916." A must-hear!

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celticjack
Ar do slainte!


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