"I joined The Flying Column in Nineteen and Sixteen,
In Cork with Seán Moylan, Tipperary with Dan Breen,
Arrested by Free Staters and sentenced for to die,
Farewell to Tipperary," said the Galtee mountain boy.

"We crossed the pleasant valleys and over the hilltops green,
Where we met with Dinny Lacey, Seán Hogan and Dan Breen,
Seán Moylan and his gallant band and they kept the flag flying high,
Farewell to Tipperary," said the Galtee mountain boy.

"We crossed the Dublin Mountains, we were rebels on the run,
Though hunted night and morning, we were outlawed but free men,
We tramped the Wicklow Mountains, as the sun was shining high,
Farewell to Tipperary," said the Galtee mountain boy.

"I bid farewell to old Clonmel, that I never more will see,
And to the Galtee Mountains that oft-times sheltered me,
To the men who fought for their liberty and died without a sigh,
May their cause be ne'er forgotten" said the Galtee mountain boy.