The Foggy Dew
Easter's Echo: A Tale of Bravery in The Foggy Dew
Lyrics
As down the glen one Easter morn
Describing a scene in the glen on Easter morning
To a city fair rode I
The narrator rode to a city fair
There armed lines of marching men
Lines of armed marching men passing by
In squadrons passed me by
Military squads passed the narrator
No fife did hum, no battle drum
No fife or battle drum sounds
Did sound its dred tattoo
No military music is heard
But the Angelus bells o'er the Liffey's swell
Angelus bells ring over the Liffey River
Rang out through the foggy dew
Setting the scene with the atmosphere of the foggy morning
Right proudly high over Dublin town
The flag of war proudly displayed over Dublin
They hung out the flag of war
The decision to face war with pride
'Twas better to die 'neath an Irish sky
Preferable to die under the Irish sky than in specific battles
Than at Suvla or Sud el Bar
Refers to specific battles (Suvla, Sud el Bar)
And from the plains of Royal Meath
Men from Royal Meath rushing to join
Strong men came hurrying through
Strong men coming to support the cause
While Brittania's huns with theirlong-range guns
Reference to Britannia's forces with long-range guns
Sailed in through the foggy dew
Enemy forces arriving through the fog
'Twas Brittania bade our wild geese go
Britannia sent Irish soldiers abroad for the freedom of small nations
That small nations might be free
Irish soldiers buried far from home by Suvla's waves
But their lonely graves are by Suvla's waves
Comparison of graves to Pearse's side or Cathal Brugha's fight
On the shore of the gray North Sea
Names honored where Fenians rest beneath the foggy dew
But had they died by Pearse's side
Or fought with Cathal Brugha
Mention of leaders Pearse and Brugha
Their names we would keep where the Fenians sleep
Remembering the fallen where the Fenians rest
'Neath the shroud of the foggy dew
Under the shroud of the foggy dew signifies honor and mystery
But the bravest fell, and the requiem bell
Remembering the bravest with a mournful bell
Rang mournfully and clear
The requiem bell rings for those who died
For those who died that Eastertide
Reference to those who died during Eastertide in the spring
In the springing of the year
Reflecting on the world's amazement at the fearless few
And the world did gaze in deep amaze
Deep admiration for those who fought
At those fearless men, but few
Few who bore the fight for freedom's light
Who bore the fight that freedom's light
Mention of the fight for freedom
Might shine through the foggy dew
Freedom's light shining through the foggy dew
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