The Wolfe Tones - The Gay Galtee Mountains lyrics
[The Wolfe Tones - The Gay Galtee Mountains lyrics]
On the gay Galtee Mountains
One morning in May
I'll tell you a story that happened one day
It's about a fair maiden
Her age was sixteen
And she sported the colors white, orange
And green
A young British soldier was passing that day
And he spied a fair maiden
With colours so gay
He rode alongside her and
Jumped from his machine
And he tried for to capture
The flag of Sinn Féin
"You'll not get these colours"
The fair maiden said
"You'll not get these colours
Until I am dead i'll fight by the glenside
It remains to be seen
And I'll die for my colours white, orange
And green"
It was early next morning in Tipperary town
From the gay Galtee Mountains this
Young maid came down
She was sick in her heart
It was plain to be seen
For they murdered Tom Ashe for
The flag of Sinn Féin
One morning in May
I'll tell you a story that happened one day
It's about a fair maiden
Her age was sixteen
And she sported the colors white, orange
And green
A young British soldier was passing that day
And he spied a fair maiden
With colours so gay
He rode alongside her and
Jumped from his machine
And he tried for to capture
The flag of Sinn Féin
"You'll not get these colours"
The fair maiden said
"You'll not get these colours
Until I am dead i'll fight by the glenside
It remains to be seen
And I'll die for my colours white, orange
And green"
It was early next morning in Tipperary town
From the gay Galtee Mountains this
Young maid came down
She was sick in her heart
It was plain to be seen
For they murdered Tom Ashe for
The flag of Sinn Féin