[Chorus]
Farewell to Bellaghy, likewise Tamlaghtduff,
And the green hills of Derry that I dearly love,
My thoughts which turn to you, from my dark H-Block cell,
So friends and brave comrades I bid you farewell.

[Verse]
For hundreds of years now, we've kept on 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 law.

Through the hills of south Derry, we marched and we drilled,
To our exploits in action all Irish youth thrilled,
Most feared men in Ulster, volunteers on the run,
We gave England her answer from the barrels of our guns.

[Chorus]
So farewell to Bellaghy, likewise Tamlaghtduff,
And the green hills of Derry that I dearly love,
My thoughts which turn to you, from my dark H-Block cell,
So friends and brave comrades I bid you farewell.

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

[Chorus]
So farewell to Bellaghy, (Farewell to Bellaghy.), likewise Tamlaghtduff, (Likewise Tamlaghtduff.)
And the green hills of Derry, (And the green hills of Derry.), that I dearly love, (That I dearly love.)
My thoughts return to you, from me dark H-Block cell,
So friends and brave comrades I bid you farewell,
Yes friends and brave comrades I bid you farewell.