[ti:The Foggy Dew] [ar:The Wolfe Tones] [al:Teddy Bear's Head] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Foggy Dew - The Wolfe Tones [00:05.83]Written by:Traditional. The Wolfetones [00:11.66]As down the glen one easter morn to a city fair rode I [00:20.47]There armed lines of marching men in squadrons passed me by [00:29.34]No pipe did hum nor battle drum did sound its dread tattoo [00:37.81]But the Angelus Bell o'er the Liffey's swell rang out through the foggy dew [00:54.02]Right proudly high over Dublin Town they hung out the flag of war [01:02.52]'Twas better to die 'neath an Irish sky than at Suvla or Sud El Bar [01:11.12]And from the plains of Royal Meath strong men came hurrying through [01:19.60]While Britannia's huns with their long range guns sailed in through the foggy dew [01:35.60]Oh the night fell black and the rifles' crack made perfidious Albion reel [01:44.09]In the leaden rain seven tongues of flame did shine o'er the lines of steel [01:52.58]By each shining blade a prayer was said that to Ireland her sons be true [02:00.90]But when morning broke still the war flag shook out its folds the foggy dew [02:16.82]Oh the bravest fell and the requiem bell rang mournfully and clear [02:25.27]For those who died that Eastertide in the Spring time of the year [02:33.78]And the world did gaze in deep amaze at those fearless men but few [02:42.19]Who bore the fight that freedom's light might shine through the foggy dew [02:58.03]As back through the glen I rode again and my heart with grief was sore [03:06.54]For I parted then with valiant men whom I never see no more [03:15.00]But to and fro in my dreams I go [03:19.32]And I kneel and pray for you [03:23.26]For slavery fled o glorious dead when you fell in the foggy dew