The Galway ShawlOne pleasant evening in the month of May I spied a damsel, she was young and handsome Her beauty fair stole my heart away Chorus She wore no jewels nor costly diamonds No paint or powder, no none at all She wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it And round her shoulder was the Galway Shawl We kept on walking, she kept on talking Till her father's cottage came into view, Said she, 'Come in, sir, and meet my father And for to please him play the "Foggy Dew". Chorus I played the 'Blackbird' and the 'Stack of Barley' 'Rodney's Glory' and the 'Foggy Dew', She sang each note like an Irish linnet And the tears flowed in her eyes of blue. Chorus 'Twas early, early, all in the morning I hit the road for old Donegal Said she, "Goodbye, sir", as she cried and left me And my heart remained with the Galway Shawl. Chorus x 2 |