I joined the flying column in 1916 In Cork with Sean Moylan Tipperary with Dan Breen Arrested by freestaters and sentanced for to die Farewell to Tipperary said the Galtee Mountain Boy We went across the vallys and ore the hill tops green Where we met with Dinny Lacey, Sean Hogan and Dan Breen Sean Moylan and his gallant men they kept The flag flying high Farewell to Tipperary said the GAltee mountain boy We tracked the Dublin mountains we were Rebels on the run Though hunted night and morning we were Outlaws but free men We tracked 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 mountain that oft times Sheltered me The men who fought for their liberty and Who died without a sigh May their cause be ne're forgotten said the Galtee mountain boy