Hughes Lives On

Hughes Lives On

Hughes Lives On is an Irish rebel song, about the IRA guerrilla and, later, hunger striker, Francis Hughes. The song is mostly about how Francis Hughes attacked British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary targets in the counties Tyrone, Armagh and Londonderry, and his later incarceration in the H-blocks where he soon became a hunger-striker. A local varriation of the chorus, sung by Andy Scott, replaces "Your tyranny is dying fast" with "A Republic of the working class".

Lyrics

:In Derry's hills they mourn a son:A brave young Irish soldier's gone:The flame he carried, now burns on:For Hughes lives on forever

:Chorus

:Freedom's dawn has come at last:Judgement for injustice past:Your tyranny is dying fast:For Hughes lives on forever

:Guardian of the hill and dales:Tyrone and Derry loved him well:Though tortured in that dark H-Block cell:Hughes lives on forever

:Chorus

:The Scourge of Ireland’s enemies:The SAS and RUC:Unconquered still your spirits free:For Hughes lives on forever

:Chorus

:Brave Francis Hughes you're with us yet:Your murderers we'll not forget:They feared you then and they fear you yet:While Hughes lives on forever

:Chorus


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