The Galway Shawl

[Verse 1]

In Oranmore in the county Galway

One pleasant evening in the month of May

I spied a damsel she was young and handsome

Her beauty fairly stole my breath away

[Verse 2]

We kept on walking, she kept on talking

'Til her father’s cottage came into view

She said " Come in sir and meet my father

And play for him The Foggy Dew"

[Chorus]

She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds

No paint, no powder, no none at all

But she wore a bonnet, with a ribbon on it

And 'round her shoulders was a Galway shawl

[Verse 3]

I played "The Blackbird" and "Stacks of Barley"

"Rodney's Glory" and "The Foggy Dew"

She sang each note like an Irish Linnet

When the tears they fell from her eyes so blue

[Chorus]

She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds

No paint, no powder, no none at all

But she wore a bonnet, with a ribbon on it

And ’round her shoulders was a Galway shawl

[Verse 4]

Was early early all in the morning

I hit the road for old Donegal

She said goodbye sir, she cried and kissed me

My heart remains with the Galway shawl

[Chorus]

She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds

No paint, no powder, no none at all

But she wore a bonnet, with a ribbon on it

And 'round her shoulders was a Galway shawl

[Chorus]

She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds

No paint, no powder, no none at all

But she wore a bonnet, with a ribbon on it

And 'round her shoulders was a Galway shawl

[Outro]

And 'round her shoulders was a Galway shawl