Notes
walk to red line
R.I.P. Thomas McElwee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2TnRZni0EU
Farewell to Bellaghy, likewise Tamlaghtduff
And the green hills of Derry that I dearly love
My thoughts return to you from my dark H-Block Cell
So friends and brave comrades I bid you farewell
For hundreds of years now we've kept up the fight
And the history books told me of Ireland's plight
So with gallant Francis I've followed the cause
To conquer the tyrant and defy England's laws
Through the hills of South Derry we marched and we drilled
To our exploits and actions all Irish you thrilled
The most feared men in Ulster, Volunteers on the run
We gave England her answer from the barrels of our guns
Farewell to Bellaghy, likewise Tamlaghtduff
And the green hills of Derry that I dearly love
My thoughts return to you from my dark H-Block Cell
So friends and brave comrades I bid you farewell
Oh gallant South Derry you are forever blessed
In the struggle for freedom you have given your best
There's Hughes and there's Bates and Sheridan and Lee
And inscribed with their names now brave Tom McElwee
Farewell to Bellaghy, likewise Tamlaghtduff
And the green hills of Derry that I dearly love
My thoughts return to you from my dark H-Block Cell
So friends and brave comrades I bid you farewell