Sean South Of Garryowen The Wolfe Tones
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It was
A lorry load of v
There was
And their l
They scorned the danger
They were
And the f
Then the Sten guns and the
And
There was
For he fell beneath a
They have
A
G
on a dreary new year's eve as the C
shades of D
night came G
down,A lorry load of v
C
olunteG
ers approachEm
ed the C
border D
town,There was
G
men from Dublin C
and from G
Cork, Em
Fermanagh C
and TyD
rone,And their l
G
eader was a Limerick man C
Sean South from D
GarryG
owenG
And as they moved along the streets up C
to the D
barrack G
door,They scorned the danger
C
they mightG
face, the Em
fate that C
lay in D
store,They were
G
fighting for old C
IrelaG
nd, to Em
claim their C
very D
own,And the f
G
oremost of that gallant band was C
South from D
GarryG
owen.G
But the sergeant foiled their daring plan, he C
spied them D
through the G
door,Then the Sten guns and the
C
rifles G
peeled, Em
a hail of C
death did D
pour,And
G
when that awful C
night was G
past, two Em
men lay aC
s cold as D
stone,There was
G
one from near the border, and C
one from D
GarryoG
wen.G
No more he'll hear the seagull cry o'er the C
murmuring D
Shannon G
tide,For he fell beneath a
C
Northern G
sky, Em
brave Hanlon C
by G
his D
side,They have
G
gone to join that C
gallant G
band of Em
Plunkett C
Pearse and D
Tone,A
G
martyr for old Ireland, Sean C
South from D
GarryG
owen
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