Christy Moore – The Boy From Tamlaghduff (Guitar)
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Am G F G Am As I walked over the Glenshane Pass I heard a young girl mourn C G Am The boy from Tamlaghduff she cried is two years dead and gone C G E How my heart is torn apart this young man to lose Am G F G F Am Oh We’ll never see the likes again of my young Francis Hughes Am G F G Am For many years his exploits were a thorn in England’s side C G Am The hills and glens became his home it was there he used to hide C G E Once when they surrounded him he quietly slipped away Am G F G F Am Like a fox he went to ground and kept the dogs at bay Am G F G Am Moving round the countryside he often made the news C G Am But they could never lay there hands on my brave francis hughes C G E Finally they wounded him then captured him at last Am G F G F Am From the countryside he loved they took him to belfast Am G F G Am From Musgrave Park to Crumlin Road then to a H-Block cell C G Am He went straight on the blanket then on hunger strike as well C G E His will to win they could never break no matter what they tried Am G F G F Am He fought them every day he lived and he fought them as he died Am G F G Am As I walked over the Glenshane Pass I heard a young girl mourn C G Am The boy from Tamlaghduff she cried is two years dead and gone C G E How my heart is torn apart this young man to lose Am G F G F Am Oh We’ll never see the likes again of my young Francis Hughes