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