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