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