[Chorus]
Farewell to Bellaghy, likewise Tamlaghtduff,
And the green hills of Derry that I dearly loved,
My thought returns to you, from my dark H-Block cell,
So friends and brave comrades I'll bid you farewell.

[Verse]
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 followed the cause,
To conquer the tyrant and defy England's laws.

[Chorus]
So farewell to Bellaghy, likewise Tamlaghtduff,
And the green hills of Derry that I dearly loved,
My thought returns to you, from my dark H-Block cell,
So friends and brave comrades I'll bid you farewell.

[Verse]
Through the hills of south Derry, we marched and we drilled,
To our exploits of actions all Irish youth thrilled,
Most feared men in Ulster, volunteers on the run,
We gave England our answers down the barrels of our guns.

[Chorus]
So farewell to Bellaghy, likewise Tamlaghtduff,
And the green hills of Derry that I dearly loved,
My thought returns to you, from my dark H-Block cell,
So friends and brave comrades I'll bid you farewell.

[Verse]
Oh, gallant south Derry, you're forever blessed,
In the struggle for freedom you've given your best,
There's Hughes and there's Bateson, Sheridan and Leigh,
And inscribed with their names now, brave Tom McElwee.

[Chorus]
So farewell to Bellaghy, likewise Tamlaghtduff,
And the green hills of Derry that I dearly loved,
My thought returns to you, from my dark H-Block cell,
So friends and brave comrades I'll bid you farewell,
So friends and brave comrades I'll bid you farewell.