THE GALWAY SHAWL (E or F 3/4 time)

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In Oranmore in the County Galway,

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One pleasant evening in the month of May

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I spied a damsel she was young and handsome

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Her beauty fairly, took my breath away

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She wore no jewe1s, or costly diamonds

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No paint or powder, no none at all

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She wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it

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And on her shoulders, was the Galway shawl

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As we kept on walking, she kept on talking

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Till her father’s cottage, came in to view

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Said she “Come in sir, and meet my father

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And for to please him, play the ‘Foggy Dew’”

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I played the “Blackbird” and the “Stack of Barley”

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“Rodney’s Glory” and the “Foggy Dew”

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She sang each note, like an Irish linnet

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And the tears flowed in her eyes of blue

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‘Twas early early, all in the morning

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I hit the road for, old Donegal

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Said she “Goodbye sir” as she cried

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And my heart remained with, the Galway shawl