;The Galway Shawl
;Trad.
 
.        D                 F#m
 At Oranmore in the county Galway
.             Bm             Em       G
 One pleasant evening in the month of May
.  D                                 F#m
 I spied a damsel, she was young and handsome
.           Bm     G       A        D
 Her beauty fairly took my breath away 
 
 
[chorus]
.            D                  F#m
 She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds
.             Bm         Em      G
 No paint nor powder, no none at all
.               D                   F#m
 But she wore a bonnet with ribbons on it
.               Bm        G         A      D
 And around her shoulders   was the Galway shawl 
 
 
.           D                    F#m
 We started walking, she started talking
.                  Bm           Em    G
 'Till her fathers cottage came in to view
.               D                  F#m
 She said "Come in sir and meet me father
.            Bm         G    A     D
 And play to please him, The Foggy Dew" 
 
.           D               F#m
 She sat me down beside the hearth stone
.                Bm            Em       G
 I could see her father he was six feet tall
.             D                     F#m
 And soon her mother had the kettle singing
.            Bm        G        A      D
 All I could think of   was the Galway shawl 
 
 
 
[repeat chorus]
 
.              D                          F#m
 I played "The Black Bird", "The Stack of Barley"
.          Bm              Em    G
 "Rodney's Glory" and "The Foggy Dew"
.              D                  F#m
 She sang each note like an Irish linnet
.          Bm      G       A       D
 And tears welled   in her eyes of blue 
 
.               D                  F#m
 'Twas early, early all in the morning
.          Bm           Em   G
 I hit the road for old Donegal
.              D                       F#m
 She said "Goodbye sir", she cried and kissed me
.                Bm    G         A      D
 But my heart remains   with the Galway shawl 
 
 
[repeat chorus x 2]