Song of the South - Alabama

Sad are the homes round Garryowen Since they lost their joy and pride And the banshee cry links every vale Around the Shannon side that city of the ancient walls The broken treaty stone, undying fame surrounds your name, Sean South from Garryowen T'was on a dreary New Years Eve As the shades of night came down A lorry load of volunteers approached the border town There were men from Dublin and from Cork, Fermanagh and Tyrone And the leader was a Limerick man - Sean South from Garryowen As they moved along the street up to the barracks door They scorned the danger they might face Their fate taht lay instore They were fighting for old Ireland to clim their very own And the foremost of that gallant band Was South from Garryowen But the seargent spied their daring plan He spied them trough the door The Sten guns and the rifles a hail of death did pour And when that awful night had passed Two men lay cold a s stone There was one from near the border twn and one from Garryowen No more wil he hear the seagull's cry Over the murmurring Shannon tide For he fell beneath a Northern sky brave Hanlon by his side They have gone to join that gallant band Of Plunkett, Pearse and Tone A martyr for old Ireland Sean South from Garryowen

South of the border, down Mexico way That's where I fell in love, when the stars above came out to play And now as I wander, my thoughts ever stray South of the border, down Mexico way She was a picture in old Spanish lace Just for a tender while I kissed a smile upon her face 'Cause it was fiesta and we were so gay South of the border, Mexico way Then she sighed as she whispered,? manana? Never dreaming that we were parting And I lied as a whispered,? manana? 'Cause our tomorrow never came South of the border, I jumped back one day There in a veil of white, by the candlelight, she knelt to pray The mission bells told me that I mustn't stay South of the border, Mexico way The mission bells told me, ding, dong, that I must not stay Stay South of the border, down Mexico way