Foggy Dew

Foggy Dew (English song)

"Foggy Dew" or "Foggy, Foggy Dew" is an English folk song with a strong presence in the South of England and the Southern United States in the nineteenth century. The song describes the outcome of an affair between a weaver and a girl he courted. It is cataloged as Laws No. O03 and Roud Folk Song Index No. 558. It has been recorded by many traditional singers including Harry Cox, and a diverse range of musicians including Benjamin Britten, Burl Ives, A. L. Lloyd and Ye Vagabonds have arranged and recorded popular versions of the song.

The Foggy Dew (Irish songs)

"Foggy Dew" is the name of several Irish ballads, and of an Irish lament. The most popular song of that name chronicles the Easter Rising of 1916, and encourages Irishmen to fight for the cause of Ireland, rather than for the British Empire, as so many young men were doing in World War I.

Fog

Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals held in the air near the Earth's surface. Fog can be considered a type of low-lying cloud usually resembling stratus and is heavily influenced by nearby bodies of water, topography, and wind conditions. In turn, fog affects many human activities, such as shipping, travel, and warfare. Recent atmospheric research indicates that fog also functions as an active aquatic ecosystem. Fog droplets harbor microbiomes where bacteria actively grow, divide, and interact with atmospheric chemistry.

Dew

Dew is water in the form of droplets that appears on thin, exposed objects in the morning or evening due to condensation. As the exposed surface cools by radiating its heat, atmospheric moisture condenses at a rate greater than that at which it can evaporate, resulting in the formation of water droplets.

foggy

Adjective

1. Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
2. Confused, befuddled, or vague.

dew

Noun

1. Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
2. Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.

Verb

1. To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
2. To deposit dew.