The Foggy Dew (Song) by Father P. O'Neill

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X: 87
T: The Foggy Dew
R: song
M: C
Q:1/3=91
L: 1/8
K: Dmin 
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w:As _down the _glen one _East-ter _ morn to a ci--ty _fair rode _
w: Right _ proud-ly _high in _Dub-lin _town they _flung _out their flag of _ 
w: Oh, the night turned _black & the ri-fle's _crack made Per-fi-di-ous _Al-bion _
w:'Twas _Eng-land_ bade our _wild geese _go so that young _na-tions might be _ 
w:But the bra-vest _fell and the re-quiem _bell rang _mo-urn-ful--ly and _ 
w: Back _down the _glen I _rode a--gain my _he-art with _grief was _
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w: I, __ The-re ar-m'ed _lines of _mar-ching _men in _
w: war, __For 'twas bet-ter to die 'neath an I-rish _sky than in 
w: reel, __Mid the lea-den _rail se-ven tongues of _flame did _
w:free, __But their lone-ly _graves are by Suv-la's _waves or the 
w:clear, __For _those who _died that _Eas-ter _tide in the 
w:sore, __For I part-ed _then with _those brave _men whom _
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w:squa _drons _passed me by, __No _pipes did _hum no _
w:Suv--la or Sud El Bar, __And _ from the _plains of the 
w:shine _o'er the lines of steel, __By each shi-ning _blade a _
w:fringe _of the great North Sea, __ Oh _ had they _died by _
w:spr-ing-ti-me of the year, __But the world did _gaze with _
w:I _shall n'er see _more, __But_ too and _fro in~my 
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w:bat-tle _drum did _sound its _dread _ta--too, but the 
w:Ro-yal _Meath strong _men came _hu-ry-ing _through, while Brit
w:prayer was _said that to Ire-land her sons _be _true, and when 
w:Pi-erce's _side or had fought with _Ca--thal _Brugha,  their _
w:deep a--maze at those fear-less _men _but _few, who _ 
w:dreams I _go, and I kneel and _pray _for _you, for
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w:An-ge-lus bells o'er the Lif-fey's _swell rang_ out _in the fog-gy _dew.**
w:-tan-ni-a's huns with their long range _guns sailed _in _through the fog-gy _dew.
w:mor-ning _broke still the war fl-ag shook out its fold _in the fog-gy _dew
w:names we'd _keep where the Fen-i-ans sleep 'neath the shroud _of the fog-gy _dew.
w:bore the _fight that _Free-dom's _light might _shine _through the fog-gy _dew.
w:sla-ver~y * fled oh, _glor-i-ous dead when you fell _in the fog-gy _dew.

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