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Thread #3275 Message #16063
Posted By: leprechaun
11-Nov-97 - 01:27 AM
Thread Name: Help: The Foggy Dew: Sud el Bar? Huns?
Subject: The Foggy Dew
In the lyrics of "The Foggy Dew" is a mention of Suvla and Sud el Bar. While reading about Gallipoli, I finally found out where and what Suvla was. I still have yet to locate Sud el Bar. I'm assuming it was a battle field in WWI or the Boer War. Another interesting lyric in The Foggy Dew is sometimes read as "Britannia's HUNS with their long range guns..." The reference to Huns seems strange, in that England was at war with Germany at the time of the Easter Rising. Other versions say "Britannia's SONS with their long range guns..." This makes more sense to me. If anybody has any insight into the Sud el Bar reference, or the huns/sons reference, I'd be after knowing more.