Misc Traditional – Fairwell To Bellaght (Guitar)

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​Farewell to  Bellaghy, likewise

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Tamlaghtduff    ,

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And the green hills of Derry that I

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dearly love    ,

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My thoughts return to you from my dark

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H-Block cell,

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So friends and brave comrades, I bid

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you farewell

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For hundreds of years now we've kept up

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the fight

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and the history books told us of

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Ireland's plight

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so with gallant Francis I followed the

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call

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To conquer the tyrants and defy

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England's laws

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​Farewell to  Bellaghy, likewise

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Tamlaghtduff    ,

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And the green hills of Derry that I

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dearly love    ,

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My thoughts return to you from my dark

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H-Block cell,

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So friends and brave comrades, I bid

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you farewell

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Through the hills of south Derry we

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marched and we drilled    ,

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To our exploits in action all Irish

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youth thrilled    ,

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The most feared men in Ulster,

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volunteers on the run,

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We give England our answer from the

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barrels of our guns    .

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​Farewell to  Bellaghy, likewise

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Tamlaghtduff    ,

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And the green hills of Derry that I

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dearly love    ,

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My thoughts return to you from my dark

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H-Block cell,

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So friends and brave comrades, I bid

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you farewell

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Oh gallant south Derry you are forever

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blessed    ,

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In the struggle for freedom you have

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given your best    ,

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There's Hughes and there's Bateson,

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Sheridan and Leigh,

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And inscribed with their names now

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brave Tom McElwee