Farewell To Bellaghy

G C G C G Farewell to Bellaghy, likewise Tamlaghtduff , G C G C G And the green hills of Derry that I dearly love , G C D D Em My thoughts return to you from my dark H-Block cell, G C G C G So friends and brave comrades, I bid you farewell G C G C G For hundreds of years now we've kept up the fight G C G C G and the history books told us of Ireland's plight C D Em so with gallant Francis I followed the call G C G C G To conquer the tyrants and defy England's laws G C G C G Farewell to Bellaghy, likewise Tamlaghtduff , G C G C G And the green hills of Derry that I dearly love , G C D D Em My thoughts return to you from my dark H-Block cell, G C G C G So friends and brave comrades, I bid you farewell G C G C G Through the hills of south Derry we marched and we drilled , C G C G To our exploits in action all Irish youth thrilled , G C D Em The most feared men in Ulster, volunteers on the run, G C G C G We give England our answer from the barrels of our guns . G C G C G Farewell to Bellaghy, likewise Tamlaghtduff , G C G C G And the green hills of Derry that I dearly love , G C D D Em My thoughts return to you from my dark H-Block cell, G C G C G So friends and brave comrades, I bid you farewell C G C G C G Oh gallant south Derry you are forever blessed , G C G C G In the struggle for freedom you have given your best , G C D Em There's Hughes and there's Bateson, Sheridan and Leigh, G C G C G And inscribed with their names now brave Tom McElwee