The Galway Shawl - Shannon Singers

In Oranmore in the county Galway

One pleasant evening in the month's of May

I spied a damsel; she was young and handsome

Her beauty fairly took my heart away

She worn no jewels nor costly diamonds

No paint nor powder no none at all

She worn a bonnet with ribbon on it

And round her shoulders was the Galway shawl

As we went on walking she kept on talking

UnTill her father's cottage came into view

She said come in sir and meet me father

And for to please him The Foggy Dew

She sat me down beside the hearthstone

I could see her father he was six feet tall

And soon her mother had the kettle singing

But I could thinking was the Galway shawl

She worn no jewels nor costly diamonds

No paint nor powder no none at all

She worn a bonnet with ribbons on it

And round her shoulders was the Galway shawl

I played The Blackbird and The Stack Of Barley

Rodney's Glory and The Foggy Dew

She sang each note like an Irish linnet

And the tears they flowed in her eyes of blue

Twas early early all in the morning

I hit the road for old Donegal

She said goodbye sir and her eyes seemed brighter

And my heart remained with the Galway shawl

She wore no jewels no costly diamonds

No paint no powder no none at all

She wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it

And around her shoulder was the Galway shawl

And around her shoulder was the Galway shawl