Tribute to valor. Song called \"Foggy Dew\" has been attributed to Peadar Kearney- who also wrote \"Amhrán na bhFiann\" (\"Soldier\'s Song\"), the national anthem of the Republic of Ireland- and to Canon Charles O\'Neill, with no side providing better sources to actual authorship than the other. This song chronicles the Easter Uprising of 1916, and encourages Irishmen to fight for the cause of Ireland, rather than for the British, as so many young men were doing in World War I.\n\n\nAs down the glen one Easter morn to a city fair rode I\nThere Armed lines of marching men in squadrons passed me by\nNo pipe did hum nor battle drum did sound its loud tattoo\nBut the Angelus Bell o\'er the Liffey\'s swell rangout through the foggy dew\n\n\n\nRight proudly high over Dublin Town they hung out the flag of war\n\'Twas better to die \'neath an Irish sky than at Suvla or Sud-El-Bar\nAnd from the plains of Royal Meath strong men came hurrying through\nWhile Britannia\'s Huns, with their long range guns sailed in throughthe foggy dew\n\n\n\'Twas England bade our wild geese go, that \"small nations might be free\";\nTheir lonely graves are by Suvla\'s waves or the fringe of the great North Sea.\nOh, had they died by Pearse\'s side or fought with Cathal Brugha*\nTheir graves we\'d keep where the Fenians sleep**, \'neath the shroud of the foggy dew.\n\n\nOh the night fell black, and the rifles\' crack made perfidious Albion reel\nIn the leaden rain, seven tongues of flame did shine o\'er the lines of steel\nBy each shining blade a prayer was said, that to Ireland her sons be true\nBut when morning broke, still the war flag shook outits folds in the foggy dew\n\n\n\n\n\nOh the bravest fell, and the Requiem bell rang mournfully and clear\nFor those who died that Eastertide in the spring time of the year\nAnd the world did gaze, in deep amaze, at those fearless men, but few,\nWho bore the fight that freedom\'s light might shine through the foggy dew\n\n\n\nAs back through the glen I rode again and my heart with grief was sore\nFor I parted then with valiant men whom I never shall see more\nBut to and fro in my dreams I go and I kneel and pray for you,\nFor slavery fled, O glorious dead, when you fell in the foggy dew.\n\n\n*One version mentions \"Valera true\" , another leader in 1916 and later Taoiseach of Ireland.\n**A possible reference to the Glasnevin Cemetery where many of the famous Irish nationalists are buried.\n\n\nThe song (also sometimes known as \"Down the Glen\") has been performed and recorded by most well-known Irish folk groups, including The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, The Dubliners, The Chieftains with Sinéad O\'Connor, Shane MacGowan, and the Wolfe Tones. The song is also played before every set by the Dropkick Murphys and an Irish rock band known as the Young Dubliners have also done a cover. Sinéad O\'Connor provided the vocals for a mournful version of the song on the Chieftains\' 1995 collaboration album The Long Black Veil. It was also performed by the Italian Epic Metal band Wotan in their second studio album Epos.\n\nFoggy Dew is one of several songs popular in the Republic of Ireland that originate from World War I. Others include Green Fields of France (original title No Man\'s Land), The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (both written by the Scots-Australian Eric Bogle), and a 20th century adaptation of Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye that replaces the traditional mention of \"the island of Sulloon\" with \"the island of Ceylon.\"Another famous version of Foggy Dew has been recorded in Alan Stivell best-seller \"Olympia\" live album (1972), and his 1993 \"Again\" album (including Shane MacGowan\'s backing vocals).\n\nThe song \"Livin\' in America\" by the Celtic rock band Black 47 is played and sung to the tune of the Foggy Dew.\n\nThe Chieftains and Sinéad O\'Connor version of \"The Foggy Dew\" was voted \"Best Duet\" by BBC 6 Music, largely due to an organized effort by fans.\n\nSerbian bands Orthodox Celts and Tir na n\'Og have their versions of the song. Battle, Eire, Georgia