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