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It has been recorded by [[Christy Moore]], [[Paddy Reilly]], the [[Wolfe Tones]], and [[Patrick Clifford]]. |
It has been recorded by [[Christy Moore]], [[Paddy Reilly]], the [[Wolfe Tones]], and [[Patrick Clifford]]. |
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I joined the Flying Column in 1916<br /> |
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In Cork with Seán Moylan, in Tipperary with Dan Breen<br /> |
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Arrested by Free Staters and sentenced for to die<br /> |
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Farewell to Tipperary, said the Galtee Mountain boy<br /> |
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We went across the valleys and over the hilltops green<br /> |
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Where we met with Dinny Lacey, Seán Hogan and Dan Breen<br /> |
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Seán Moylan and his gallant men, they kept the flag flying high<br /> |
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Farewell to Tipperary, said the Galtee Mountain boy<br /> |
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We tracked the Wicklow Mountains, we were rebels on the run<br /> |
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Though hunted night and morning we were outlaws but free men<br /> |
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We tracked the Dublin Mountains as the sun was shining high<br /> |
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Farewell to Tipperary, said the Galtee Mountain boy<br /> |
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I'll bid farewell to old Clonmel that I never more will see<br /> |
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To the Galtee Mountains that oft times sheltered me<br /> |
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The men who fought for their liberty, and who died without a sigh<br /> |
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May their cause be ne'er forgotten, said the Galtee Mountain boy<br /> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 21:24, 29 October 2012
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"The Galtee Mountain Boy" is an Irish folk ballad, originally written by Patsy Halloran. Christy Moore added a fourth verse to Halloran's original three; this is the version that is most commonly performed.
The song is a monologue, documenting the narrator's enlistment and travels with one of the IRA's flying columns, from Cork, through Tipperary and Wicklow, to Dublin. The Galtee Mountains are in Tipperary; the lyrics include farewells to both this county and the town of Clonmel.
It references historical figures from the Irish War of Independence and subsequent Irish Civil War, including Seán Moylan, Dan Breen, Dinny Lacey, and Seán Hogan. It portrays Free-Staters as enemies, suggesting that the narrator was fighting in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.
The narrator may be fictional, though it is said to be a man named Paddy Davern.
Recordings
It has been recorded by Christy Moore, Paddy Reilly, the Wolfe Tones, and Patrick Clifford.