(spoken)
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
Verse 1
SOL
T'was on a dreary New Year's Eve
DO SOL
As the shades of night came down
DO SOL
A lorry load of volunteers
DO LAm RE7
Approached the border town
SOL DO SOL
There were men from Dublin and from Cork
DO LAm RE7
Fermanagh and Tyrone
SOL
And the leader was a Limerick man-
DO SOL
Sean South from Garryowen
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