From Pimpers Paradise to The Foggy Dew [13]

Agora que cheguei em Dublin, acho que e uma boa hora para explicar de onde vem a segunda musica do meu titulo.

Um dos motivos de vir a Dublin foi para ver os lugares onde o Easter Rising de 1916 aconteceu.Essa malscucedida tentativa de libertar a Irlanda do Reino Unido teve seu inicio na pascoa, dia em que os ingleses menos esperariam um ataque.

Nao quero ficar posando de Wikipedia, entao vou so deixar a musica que homenageia esse evento na minha versao preferida e a letra da mesma.



As down the glen one Easter morn to a city fair rode I
Their Armed lines of marching men in squadrons passed me by
No pipes did hum no battle drum did sound it's loud tatoo
But the Angelus bell o'er the Liffey swell rang out through the foggy dew

Right proudly high over Dublin Town they flung out the flag of war
'Twas better to die 'neath an Irish sky than at Sulva 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

'Twas England bade our Wild Geese go that small nations might be free
But their lonely graves are by Sulva's waves or the fringe of the Great North Sea
Oh, had they died by Pearse's side or fought with Cathal Brugha
Their names we will keep where the fenians sleep 'neath the shroud of the foggy dew

Oh the bravest fell, and the requiem bell rang mournfully and clear
For those who died that Easter tide in the spring time of the year
While the world did gaze, in deep amaze, at those fearless men but few
Who bore the fight that freedom's light might shine through the foggy dew

Back through the glen I rode again and my heart with grief was sore
For I parted with those valiant men whom I never shall see more
But to and fro in my dreams I go and I'd kneel and pray for you,
For slavery fled, O glorious dead, When you fell in the foggy dew.

Um detalhe sobre essa historia.Como tomar o predio do governo era muito dificil, porque ele e um castelo, os revolucionarios decidiram tomar o segundo maior predio ingles na cidade, o correio.Ate hoje nao se sabe se foi estrategia ou ressaca que motivou essa mudanca.