"The Foggy Dew" genre: Folk
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	A typical "Tale version" of this Irish ballad concerning the Easter rising of 1916.
	Credits: (c) Tale 2002. Traditional, arranged by Theo Niessink. Keyboards (organ, harpsichord, tambourine), mandolin, tenor banjo, vocals - Theo Niessink; acoustic guitar - Hugo van Waard.
	Story Behind the Song This recording was inspired on and heavily influenced by a recording of the same song by The Dubliners (with Luke Kelly). Lyrics THE FOGGY DEW 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 its dread tattoo But the Angelus bells o'er the Liffey's swell rang out through the foggy dew Right proudly high over Dublin town they hung out the flag of war 't was 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 Huns with their long range guns sailed in through the foggy dew 't was Britannia bade our Wild Geese go that small nations might be free But their lonely graves are by Suvla'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 would 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 Eastertide 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 light might shine through the foggy dew

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