Christy Moore - Galtee Mountain Boy lyrics
[Christy Moore - Galtee Mountain Boy lyrics]
I joined the Flying Column in 1916
In Cork with Seán Moylan
In Tipperary with Dan Breen
Arrested by Free Staters and
Sentenced for to die
Farewell to Tipperary said the
Galtee Mountain Boy
We went across the valleys and
Over the hilltops green
Where we met with Dinny Lacey
Seán Hogan and Dan Breen
Seán Moylan and his gallant men they
Kept the flag flying high
Farewell to Tipperary said the
Galtee Mountain Boy
We tracked the Dublin mountains we
Were rebels on the run
Though hunted night and morning we
Were outlawed but free men
We tracked the Wicklow mountains as
The sun was shining high
Farewell to Tipperary said the
Galtee Mountain Boy
I'm bidding farewell to old Clonmel that
I never more will see
And to the Galtee mountains that
Oft times sheltered me
To the men who fought for their
Liberty and died without a sigh
May the cause be ne'er forgotten
Said the Galtee Mountain Boy
In Cork with Seán Moylan
In Tipperary with Dan Breen
Arrested by Free Staters and
Sentenced for to die
Farewell to Tipperary said the
Galtee Mountain Boy
We went across the valleys and
Over the hilltops green
Where we met with Dinny Lacey
Seán Hogan and Dan Breen
Seán Moylan and his gallant men they
Kept the flag flying high
Farewell to Tipperary said the
Galtee Mountain Boy
We tracked the Dublin mountains we
Were rebels on the run
Though hunted night and morning we
Were outlawed but free men
We tracked the Wicklow mountains as
The sun was shining high
Farewell to Tipperary said the
Galtee Mountain Boy
I'm bidding farewell to old Clonmel that
I never more will see
And to the Galtee mountains that
Oft times sheltered me
To the men who fought for their
Liberty and died without a sigh
May the cause be ne'er forgotten
Said the Galtee Mountain Boy