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