The davitts - Sean south lyrics

It was on a dreary new years day when the shade of night came down And a lorry load of volunteers approached the border town There were men from dublin and from cork, fermanagh and tyrone But the leader was a limerick man sean south of garryowen And as they moved along the street up to the barracks door They scorned the danger the would meet the fate that lay in store They were fighting for old ireland to make their very own And the foremost of this gallant band was south of garryowen But the seargant spoiled their daring plans he spied them through the door And with sten guns and with rifle a hail of d**h did pour But before that awful night was past 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 o'er the murmuring shannon tide For he fell beneath a northern sky brave o'hanlon by his side He has gone to join that gallant band of plunkett pearse and tone Another martyr for old ireland sean south of garryowen