The Galway Boys
It was in nineteen sixteen
On Easter Monday fair
Our Galway boys did mobilize
And for battle did prepare.
With Captain Mellow’s by their side
He led our Galway men
Saying, “Now unite, and we will fight
For Irelands cause again”
The news spread all round Galway
And travelled quick and far
From Ardraghan to Clarenbridge,
And from that to Castlegar.
Father Feeney in their midst
For the green of the Golden height
Our Irish sons stood with their guns
At the town of Athenry
God bless the boys of Galway
Who stood, their guns in hand
Who took the road for old Moyode
And to fight for Ireland
And when they left their homes that day
They bid a fond Good-bye
Because they loved their country dear
They were prepared to die
They were the truest Irishmen
that stood on Erin’s shore.
And it’s with their lead
Shot a peeler dead
At the crossroads of Carnmore
Collected from An Clochar, Oranmore
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