Galway Shawl

At Orenmore in the County Galway Early, early in the month of May I spied a damsel, so fair and handsome And her beauty stole my heart away She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds No paint nor powder, no, none at all But she wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it And around her shoulders was a Galway Shawl We started walking, and started talking Until her daddy's house came into view And she said: 'Come in, sir, and meet my father And play to please him "The Foggy Dew" She sat me down beside the fire And I could see her daddy there, he was six feet tall And soon her mummy smiling and the kettle boiling But my mind was on the Galway shawl I played "The Blackbird" and "The Stack of Barley" And "Rodney's Glory" and "The Foggy Dew" And she sang each note there like an Irish linnet Whilst the tears like fountains down her cheeks they flew It was early, early, all in the morning When I hit the road for sweet Donegal And she said 'Goodbye, sir,' and I hugged and kissed her But my mind was on the Galway shawl She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds No paint nor powder, no, none at all But she wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it And around her shoulders was the Galway Shawl And around her shoulders was the Galway Shawl And my heart remained with that Galway shawl