The Easter Rising in Ireland was a national liberation movement against British colonial rule led by the bourgeois nationalist party “Sinn Féin”. This uprising was launched on April 24, 1916, and was suppressed by the British army after just six days. Fifteen leaders of the uprising were executed by the British after surrendering. “Mist Drops” is a song commemorating this uprising.
The Irish nation is also a people rich in revolutionary spirit. From the English conquest of Ireland in the 12th century until today, a full nine centuries later, the Irish people have continued to struggle to establish an independent nation-state. I plan to write an article later briefly outlining this uprising and its impact. The original plan was to update it regularly, but I haven’t had much time these past two days due to work, so I plan to release it during the Labor Day holiday.
Since I translated the sheet music from staff notation to numbered musical notation myself, there may be some errors.
Lyrics:
On Easter morning, I crossed the valley to the town market.
There, the ranks of Irish soldiers, pairs passing by me.
No bagpipes, no war drums, what sound plays the general’s music?
It is the bell of prayer ringing through the Liffey River, echoing in the mist.
In Dublin city, warriors proudly raise the battle flag high.
Better to die fighting under Ireland’s sky than to be buried with the English invaders!
In the fields of Meath, heroes rush to the battlefield.
Britain’s bandits and robbers set sail, marching through the mist.
Night falls, gunfire roars, confusing the English invaders.
Lead rain falls, tongues of fire illuminate our steel line.
The shining bayonet is the warrior’s prayer: Ireland will always be free.
At dawn, the battle flag still flies high, hanging in the mist.
England hires mercenaries to go to war, claiming to liberate small nations.
But they either fall silent in Sufra Bay or perish by the Great Northern Sea.
Oh, did you die beside Pearse, or fight shoulder to shoulder with Cahill?
Your names, like the Fenian Brotherhood, are buried in the mist.
Warriors fall, the death knell tolls, the bell clear and mournful,
Mourning those who died on Easter, in this spring of the year.
The whole world watches in amazement, gazing at the Irish people.
The shining light of freedom on them illuminates the mist.
Riding back to the valley homeland, my heart is sad and sorrowful.
The brave have said goodbye to me; we can no longer meet.
But again and again, in my dreams, I kneel and pray for you.
The slaves are freed, oh, heroes fallen, lying in the mist.
This sheet music seems to have some issues; it was probably found online. I feel that some of the rhythms don’t quite match. Also, it should be in the key of D, not G.
There are indeed some mismatches; it’s just the sheet music I found online.
The sheet music is off, better not use this arrangement.
You can refer to the rhythm of this version; I feel it is much better than other versions.
Did you revise this based on the version I wrote before, or did you write it from scratch?
The link jqr carries personal information. You should quickly delete all the suffixes after the BV number in the link. You can copy it into the browser to expand and then edit it.
Ah, I don’t understand computer knowledge. I deleted the original reply. I’ll take a look and send it out when I have the chance.
Actually, this isn’t very complicated knowledge. When you copy a video link on Bilibili, it copies a short link that carries personal information (this is quite annoying; many domestic platforms have this, and it’s basically to carry the user’s device information as a suffix, then hide it using a short link). You open this short link in the browser, and then you can expand it. At this point, you can remove the suffix, keeping only the part before the BV number (the question mark and everything after can be deleted).
You can use the simplified sheet music here:
This is indeed good, the rhythm and melody are fine.