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