The Galway Shawl Lyrics
The Galaway Shawl - The Corrib Folk
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 took my breath away
She wore no jewels or costly diamonds
No paint or powder no none at all
She wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it
And around her shoulders was the Galway shawl
As 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 to pleas him The Foggy Dew
She wore no jewels or costly diamonds
No paint or powder no none at all
She wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it
And around her shoulders was the Galway shawl
I played The Blackbirt and "The Stack of Barley
Rodney's Glory and The Foggy Dew
And she sang each note like an Irish linnet
And the tears flowed in her eyes of blue
She wore no jewels or costly diamonds
No paint or powder no none at all
She wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it
And around her shoulders was the Galway shawl
Was early early was in the morning
I hit to the road down for old Donegal
As she was cring
As i left her
And my heart remained with the Galway shawl
She wore no jewels or costly diamonds
No paint or powder no none at all
She wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it
And around her shoulders was the Galway shawl