Key: :[G] (w: Traditional)
VERSE 1:
At Oran-
[G]-more, in the County Galway
One pleasant
[Em] evening, in the month of
[C] May
[D]
I spied a
[G] damsel, she was fair and handsome
And her beauty
[Em] nearly took,
[D] my breath a-
[G]-way
CHORUS:
She wore no
[G] jewels, nor costly diamonds
No paint nor
[Em] powder, no none at
[C] all
[D]
But she wore a
[G] bonnet, with ribbons on it
And around her
[Em] shoulders,
[D] was the Galway
[G] shawl
VERSE 2:
She kept on
[G] walking, she kept on talking
'Till her fathers
[Em] cottage, came in to
[C] view
[D]
Said she: "Come
[G] in sir, and meet my father
And play to
[Em] please him,
[D] The Foggy
[G] Dew"
VERSE 3:
I played "The
[G] Black Bird", "The Stack of Barley"
"Old Rodney's
[Em] Glory", and "The Foggy
[C] Dew"
[D]
She sang each
[G] note, like an Irish linnet
Till tears came
[Em] in-to,
[D] her eyes of
[G] blue
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 4:
'Twas early
[G] early, all in the morning
I took the
[Em] road for, old Done-
[C]-gal
[D]
She sighed and
[G] kissed me, and she said "Goodbye Sir"
But my heart re-
[Em]-mains with,
[D] the Galway
[G] shawl
REPEAT CHORUS: 