Celtic Woman

The Galway Shawl
At Oranmore in the county Galway One pleasant evening in the month of May I spied a damsel, she was young and handsome Her beauty fairly took my breath away She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds No paint or powder, no none at all She wore a bonnet with ribbons on it And 'round her shoulders was the Galway shawl I played, "The Black Bird", "The Stack of Barley" "Rodney's Glory" and "The Foggy Dew" She sang each note like an Irish linnet And tears weld in her eyes of blue 'Twas early, early, all in the morning I hit the road for old Donegal Said she, "Goodbye, sir," she cried and kissed me My heart remain with the Galway shawl She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds No paint or powder, no none at all She wore a bonnet with ribbons on it And 'round her shoulders was the Galway shawl She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds No paint or powder, no none at all She wore a bonnet with ribbons on it And 'round her shoulders was the Galway shawl From Letras Mania