Am - G - C AmG Am - / Am GC AmG Am - C - GC Am FEm Am - / Am - G - C AmG Am - Or, more in the RUS style of notation: Am - G - C AmG Am - / / C - GC Am FEm Am - / 1st 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 pipes did hum, no battle drum, did sound its loud tattoo But the Angelus bell o'er the Liffey swell, rang out in the foggy dew Right proudly high in Dublin town, they flung out the flag of war 'Twas 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 Britannia's huns with their long range guns sailed in through the foggy dew Suvla: en.wikipedia.org Sud el Bar (Sedd el Bahr): en.wikipedia.org O, the night fell black and the rifles' crack made 'Perfidious Abion' reel 'Mid the leaden rail, seven tongues of flame did shine o'er the lines of steel By each shining blade a prayer was said that to Ireland her sons be true And when morning broke still the war flag shook out its fold in the foggy dew 'Twas England bade our Wild Geese go that small Nations might be free But their lonely graves are by Suvla's waves or the fringe of the great North Sea O, had they died by Pearse's side, or had fought with Cathal Brugha Their names we'd keep where the Fenians sleep, 'neath the shroud of the foggy dew Pearse: en.wikipedia.org Cathal Brugha: en.wikipedia.org Fenians: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenians But the bravest fell and the ...
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