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]