Misc Traditional – Galway Shawl (Guitar)

       C                  Em
In Oranmore in the County Galway,

              Am             Dm       F
One pleasant evening in the month of May;

          C                        Em
I spied a damsel, she was young and handsome,

           Am     F       G       C
Her beauty fairly took my breath away.

            C                 Em
She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds,

            Am         Dm       F
No paint no powder, no none at all;

           C                   Em
She wore a bonnet with ribbons on it,

           Am  F             G       C
And 'round her shoulder was a Galway shawl.

           C                    Em
We kept on walking, she kept on talking,

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Till her father's cottage came into view;

          C                 Em
She said: Come in, sir, and meet my father,

    Am      F              G     C
And play to please him The Foggy Dew.

           C               Em
She sat me down beside the fire,

        Am                     Dm       F
I could see her father, he was six feet tall;

             C              Em
And soon her mother had the kettle singing,

    Am          F                G      C
And all I could think of was the Galway shawl.

            C                 Em
She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds,

            Am         Dm       F
No paint no powder, no none at all;

           C                   Em
She wore a bonnet with ribbons on it,

           Am  F             G       C
And 'round her shoulder was a Galway shawl.

             C                   Em
I played The Blackbird and The Stack Of Barley,

        Am            Dm      F
Rodney's Glory, and The Foggy Dew;

              C              Em
She sang each note like an Irish linnet,

        Am        F              G       C
And the tears they flowed in her eyes of blue.

       C                      Em
'Twas early, early, all in the morning,

     Am        Dm      F
I hit the road for old Donegal;

           C                          Em
She said: Goodbye, sir, she cried and kissed me,

       Am      F               G      C
And my heart remained with the Galway shawl.

            C                 Em
She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds,

            Am         Dm       F
No paint no powder, no none at all;

           C                   Em
She wore a bonnet with ribbons on it,

           Am  F             G       C
And 'round her shoulder was a Galway shawl.