Galtee Mountain Boy

I joined the Flying Column in 1916

In Cork with Seán Moylan, Tipperary with Dan Breen

Arrested by Free Staters and sentenced for to die

Farewell to Tipperary said the Galtee Mountain Boy

We crossed pleasant valleys and over the hilltops green

Where we met with Dinny Lacey, Seán Hogan and Dan Breen

Seán Moylan and his gallant band they kept the flag

flying high

Farewell to Tipperary said the Galtee Mountain Boy

We crossed 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 liberty and died without a sigh

May the cause be ne'er forgotten said the Galtee Mountain

Boy