Thanks to Connor McDonough for these lyrics and chords
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I enjoy writing up songs to share but I also like including the chords so other amateur 
balladeers have an opportunity to learn to play and share the beauty of the songs with others.  
Some of the chords are misplaced because I wrote them in Times Roman and they now appear 
in Courier for some reason.  To find their correct placement, simply reformat in Times Roman 
typeface, 12 pt.
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SEAN SOUTH FROM GARRYOWEN


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Twas on a dreary New Years eve, as the shades of night came down
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A lorry load of volunteers, approached a border town
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There were men from Dublin, and from Cork, Fermanagh and Tyrone
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But their leader was a Limerick man, Sean South from Garryowen


But as they moved along the street, up to the barracks door
they scorned the danger they would face, the fate that lay in store
They were fighting for old Ireland's cause, to claim their very own
and the foremost of that gallant band was South of Garryowen


But the sergeant foiled their daring plan, he spied them through the door
from the Sten guns and the rifles, a hail of death did pour
And when the smoke and dust had cleared, two men lay cold as stone
there was one from near the border, and one from Garryowen


No more he'll hear the seagull cry or the murmuring Shannon tide
for he fell beneath a Northern sky, brave Hanlon at his side
He has gone to join that gallant band of Plunkett, Pearse and Tone
another martyr for old Ireland, Sean South of Garryowen