Another song by Christy Moore, this time in memory of one of Ireland's most fearless and dedicated soldiers who died on hungerstrike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh, 12th May 1981, with nine of his comrades.
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Am G F G Am
As I walked through the Glenshane Pass I heard a young girl mourn
Am C G Am
'The boy form Tamlaghtduff 'she cried 'is two years dead and gone'
Am C G Am C G E
How my heart is torn apart this young man to lose
Am G F G F Am
Oh I'll never see the likes again of my young Francis Hughes
For many years his exploits were a thorn in Englands side
The hills and glens became his home there he used to hide
Once when they surrounded him he quietly slipped away
Like a fox he went to ground and kept the dogs at bay
Moving round the countryside he often made the news
But they could never lay their hands on my brave Francis Hughes
Finally they wounded him and captured him at last
From the countryside he loved they took him to Belfast
Oh from Musgrave Park to the Crumlin Road and then to an H-Block cell
He went straight on the blanket then on hungerstrike as well
His will to win they could never break no matter what they tried
He fought them every day he lived and he fought them as he died
As I walked through the Glenshane Pass I heard a young girl mourn
'The boy form Tamlaghtduff 'she cried 'is two years dead and gone'
How my heart is torn apart this young man to lose
Oh I'll never see the likes again of my young Francis Hughes
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Francis Hughes lies wounded hours after a shootout in which
a member of the SAS was killed.
