Brier, Galway Shawl (2009)
Key: :[G#] (w: Traditional)
VERSE 1:
At Oran-
[G#]-more, in the County Galway
One pleasant
[Fm] evening, in the month of
[C#] May
[D#]
I spied a
[G#] damsel, she was fair and handsome
And her beauty
[Fm] nearly took,
[D#] my breath a-
[G#]-way
CHORUS:
She wore no
[G#] jewels, nor costly diamonds
No paint nor
[Fm] powder, no none at
[C#] all
[D#]
But she wore a
[G#] bonnet, with ribbons on it
And around her
[Fm] shoulders,
[D#] was the Galway
[G#] shawl
VERSE 2:
She kept on
[G#] walking, she kept on talking
'Till her fathers
[Fm] cottage, came in to
[C#] view
[D#]
Said she: "Come
[G#] in sir, and meet my father
And play to
[Fm] please him,
[D#] The Foggy
[G#] Dew"
VERSE 3:
I played "The
[G#] Black Bird", "The Stack of Barley"
"Old Rodney's
[Fm] Glory", and "The Foggy
[C#] Dew"
[D#]
She sang each
[G#] note, like an Irish linnet
Till tears came
[Fm] in-to,
[D#] her eyes of
[G#] blue
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 4:
'Twas early
[G#] early, all in the morning
I took the
[Fm] road for, old Done-
[C#]-gal
[D#]
She sighed and
[G#] kissed me, and she said "Goodbye Sir"
But my heart re-
[Fm]-mains with,
[D#] the Galway
[G#] shawl
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