Kelly The Boy From Killane Songtext

Kelly The Boy From KillaneWhat´s the news What´s the newsO my bold ShelmalierWith your long-barrelled gun of the seaSay, what wind from the sunblows his messenger hereWith a hymn of the dawn for the free"Goodly news goodly newsdo I bring youth of Forth,Goodly news do I bring Bargy manFor the boys march at dawnfrom the south to the northLed by Kelly the boy from KillanneTell me who is the giantwith the gold curling hairHe who rides at the head of the bandSeven feet is his heightwith some inches to spareAnd he looks like a king in command"Oh, me boys, that´s the prideof the bold ShelmaliersMongst our greatest of heroes, a manFling your beavers aloftand give three rousing cheersfor John Kelly, the boy from KillanneEnniscorthy´s in flamesand old Wexford is wonAnd the Barrow tomorrow we cross.On a hill o´er the townwe have planted a gunThat will batter the gateways to RossAll the Forth men and Bargy menmarch over the heathWith brave Harvey to lead on the vanBut the foremost of allin that grim gap of deathWill be Kelly, the boy from KillanneBut the gold sun of freedomgrew darkened at RossAnd it set by the Slaney´s red wavesAnd poor Wexford stript nakedhung high on a crossWith her heart piercedby traitors and slavesGlory O Glory Oto her brave sons who diedFor the cause of long-down-trodden manGlory O to mount Leinster´sown darling and prideDauntless Kelly the boy from Killanne