Farewell to Bellaghy, likewise Tamlaghtduff And the green hills of Derry that I dearly love My thoughts return to you from my dark H-Block Cell So friends and brave comrades I bid you farewell For hundreds of years now we've kept up the fight And the history books told me of Ireland's plight So with gallant Francis I've followed the cause To conquer the tyrant and defy England's laws Through the hills of South Derry we marched and we drilled To our exploits and actions all Irish you thrilled The most feared men in Ulster, Volunteers on the run We gave England her answer from the barrels of our guns Farewell to Bellaghy, likewise Tamlaghtduff And the green hills of Derry that I dearly love My thoughts return to you from my dark H-Block Cell So friends and brave comrades I bid you farewell Oh gallant South Derry you are forever blessed In the struggle for freedom you have given your best There's Hughes and there's Bates and Sheridan and Lee And inscribed with their names now brave Tom McElwee Farewell to Bellaghy, likewise Tamlaghtduff And the green hills of Derry that I dearly love My thoughts return to you from my dark H-Block Cell So friends and brave comrades I bid you farewell