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Sean South - Dubliners

Sad are the homes 'round Garryowen
Since lost their giant pride
And the banshee cry links every vale
Around the Shannon side
that city of the ancient walls
Unbroken Treaty Stone, undying fame
Surrounds your name, Sean South of Garryowen:

T'was on [C] a dreary New Year's Eve
As the [F] shades of [G] night came [C] down
A lorry load of [F] volun[C] teers
Ap[Am]proached the [F] border [G] town
There were[C] men from Dublin [F] and from [C]Cork
Fer[Am]managh [F] and Ty[G]rone
And the [C] leader was a [Am] Limerick man-
Sean [F] South from [G] Garry[C]owen

As they [C] moved along the street
Up [F] to the[G] barracks [C] door
They scorned the danger [F] they might [C] face
Their [Am] fate that [F] lay in [G] store
They were [C] fighting for old [F] Ire [C] land's  
To [Am] claim their [F] very [G] own
And the [C] foremost of that [Am] gallant band
Was [F] South from [G] Garry[C]owen

But the [C] sergeant foiled their daring plan
He [F] spied them [G] through the [C] door
The Sten guns and the [F] ri-[C]-fles
A [Am] hail of [F] death did [G] pour
And [C] when that awful [F] night was [C] passed
Two men [Am] lay as [F]cold as [G] stone
There was [C] one from near the [Am] border
And [F] one from [G] Garry[C]owen

No more [C] will he hear the seagull's cry
Over the [F] murmuring [G] Shannon [C] tide
For he fell beneath a [F] northern [C] sky
Brave[Am] Hanlon [F] by his [G] side
They had [C] gone to join that [F] gallant [C] band
Of [Am] Plunkett, [F] Pearse and [G] Tone
A martyr [C] for old [Am] Ireland
Sean [F] South from [G] Garry[C]owen

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