Kelly the Boy from Killanne

Kelly The Boy from Killanne

What's the news What's the news O my bold Shelmalier

With your long-barrelled gun of the sea

Say what wind from the sun blows his messenger here

With a hymn of the dawn for the free

Goodly news goodly news do I bring youth of Forth

Goodly news do I bring Bargy man

For the boys March at dawn from the south to the north

Led by Kelly the boy from Killanne

Tell me who is the giant with the gold curling hair

He who rides at the head of the band

Seven feet is his height with some inches to spare

And he looks like a king in command

Oh me boys that's the pride of the bold Shelmaliers

Mongst our greatest of heroes a man

Fling your beavers aloft and give three rousing cheers

For john kelly the boy from killanne

Enniscorthy's in flames and old Wexford is won

And the Barrow tomorrow we cross

On a hill o'er the town we have planted a gun

That will batter the gateways to Ross

All the Forth men and Bargy men March over the heath

With brave Harvey to lead on the van

But the foremost of all in that grim gap of death

Will be Kelly the boy from Killanne

But the gold sun of freedom grew darkened at Ross

And it set by the Slaney's red waves

And poor Wexford stript naked hung high on a cross

With her heart pierced by traitors and slaves

Glory O Glory O to her brave sons who died

For the cause of long-down-trodden man

Glory O to mount Leinster's own darling and pride

Dauntless Kelly the boy from Killanne

Recorded by Clancys Patrick Galvin

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