Sean South From Garryowen

G C D G It was on a dreary new year's eve as the shades of night came down, C G Em C D A lorry load of volunteers approched the border town, G C G Em C D There was men from Dublin and from Cork,Fermanagh and Tyrone, G C D G And their leader was a Limerick man Sean South from Garryowen G C D G And as they moved along the streets up to the barrack door, C G Em C D They scorned the danger they might face,the fate that lay in store, G C G Em C D They were fighting for old Ireland,to claim their very own, G C D G And the foremost of that gallant band was South from Garryowen. G C D G But the sergent foiled their daring plan,he spied them through the door, C G Em C D Then the Sten guns and the rifles a hail of death did pour, G C G Em C D And when that auful night was past,two men lay as cold as stone, G C D G There was one from near the border,and one from Garryowen. G C D G No more he'll hear the seagull cry o're the murmuring Shannon tide, C G Em C G D For he fell beneath a Northern sky,brave Hanlon by his side, G C G Em C D They have gone to join that gallant band of Plunkett Pearse and Tone, G C D G A martyr for old Ireland,Sean South from Garryowen