[Verse]
In Derry's hills they mourn a son,
A brave young Irish soldier gone,
The flame he carried still burns on,
For Hughes lives on forever.

[Chorus]
Freedom's dawn has come at last,
Justice for injustice past,
Your tyranny it's dying fast,
For Hughes lives on forever.

[Verse]
A guardian of the hills and gales,
Tyrone and Derry loved him well,
Though tortured in that H-Block cell,
For Hughes lives on forever.

[Chorus]
Well, freedom's dawn has come at last,
Justice for injustice past,
Your tyranny it's dying fast,
For Hughes lives on forever.

[Verse]
Well, the scourge of Ireland's enemies,
The SAS and RUC,
Unconquered still your spirit's free,
For Hughes lives on forever.

[Chorus]
Freedom's dawn has come at last,
Justice for injustice past,
Your tyranny it's dying fast,
For Hughes lives on forever.

[Verse]
Brave Francis Hughes you're with us yet,
Your murderers we will not forget,
And they fear you then, they fear you yet,
For Hughes lives on forever.

[Chorus]
Freedom's dawn has come at last,
Justice for injustice past,
Your tyranny it's dying fast,
For Hughes lives on forever,
While Hughes lives on forever.