Sean South of Garryowen G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GIt (320003@1)was on a dreary new year's eve as the shades of night came down, C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) A lorry load of volunteers approched the border town, G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) DThere (xx0232@1)was men from Dublin and from Cork,Fermanagh and Tyrone, G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)their leader was a Limerick man Sean South from Garryowen G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)as they moved along the streets up to the barrack door, C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) DThey (xx0232@1)scorned the danger they might face,the fate that lay in store, G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) DThey (xx0232@1)were fighting for old Ireland,to claim their very own, G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)the foremost of that gallant band was South from Garryowen. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GBut (320003@1)the sergent foiled their daring plan,he spied them through the door, C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1)DThen (xx0232@1)the Sten guns and the rifles a hail of death did pour, G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)when that auful night was past,two men lay as cold as stone, G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GThere (320003@1)was one from near the border,and one from Garryowen. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GNo (320003@1)more he'll hear the seagull cry o're the murmuring Shannon tide, C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) DFor (xx0232@1)he fell beneath a Northern sky,brave Hanlon by his side, G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) DThey (xx0232@1)have gone to join that gallant band of Plunkett Pearse and Tone, G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GA (320003@1)martyr for old Ireland,Sean South from Garryowen
