Galway Shawl

Galway Shawl - Dermot O'Brien

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 nor costly diamonds

No paint or powder no none at all

But she wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it

And round her shoulder was a galway shawl

We kept on walking she kept on talking

'Till her father's cottage came into view

Says she 'come in sir and meet my father

And play to please him the foggy dew

I played the blackbird and the stack of barley

Rodney's glory and the foggy dew

She sang each note like an irish linnet

While the tears flowedfrom her eyes so 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

'Twas early early all in the morning

When I hit the road for old donegal

Said she 'goodby sir 'she cried case me

And my heart remaines 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