[Verse]
Dearest Mother, I am writing just to say I won't be home,
There's something that I have to do and I must do alone,
They've took me and they've put me in this lonely prison cell,
Tonight my thoughts are with you as I say my last farewell.

[Chorus]
So say goodbye to Margaret, Mary, Bridget and Micheál,
I have no words to tell you how much I'll miss you all,
And although I may not show it you know I've loved you well,
And in my final letter I will bid my last farewell.

[Verse]
Dearest Brother, won't you take good care of all the folks for me,
Go home to Rathfarnam on the day they set you free,
I was happy when you stood by me in all that I've been through,
No one has ever had so true a brother such as you.

[Chorus]
So say goodbye to Margaret, Mary, Bridget and Micheál,
I have no words to tell you how much I'll miss you all,
And although I may not show it you know I've loved you well,
And in my final letter I will bid my last farewell.

[Verse]
Dearest Mother, it's so very sad that now we have to part,
To understand the reasons would trouble your poor heart,
I have told you since I was a boy it was my destiny,
To die a true brave soldier so that one day you'd be free.

[Chorus]
So say goodbye to Margaret, Mary, Bridget and Micheál,
I have no words to tell you how much I'll miss you all,
And although I may not show it you know I've loved you well,
And in my final letter I will bid my last farewell.