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Thread #105744   Message #2179991
Posted By: Mysha
26-Oct-07 - 05:16 PM
Thread Name: Different songs, same title
Subject: RE: Different songs, same title (Foggy Dew)
Hi,

Several Foggy Dews:
- One English, stemming from a bugbear song: "for fear of the foggy dew (dew, dew)" or "the foggy, foggy dew". Several centuries old; has lots of variations.
- One Irish, "to Shannon's side I returned".
- One Irish, "a-down the hill", start of the 20th century.
= An Irish revolution song stemming from that last one, "down the glen one Easter morn".
= The Ireland divided version stemming from that last one, "through Portadown in North Armagh".

                                                             Mysha