lifeblood: songs: lyrics: the galway shawl

in 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
stole my breath away

we kept on walking
she kept on talking
'til her father's cottage
came into view
she said come in sir
and meet my father
and play for him
the foggy dew

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 'round her shoulders
was a galway shawl

i played the blackbird
and stacks of barley
rodney's glory
and the foggy dew
she sang each note like
an irish linnet
when tears welled in her
her eyes so blue

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 'round her shoulders
was a galway shawl

was early early
all in the morning
i hit the road
for old donegal
she said goodbye sir
she cried and kissed me
my heart remains
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 'round her shoulders
was a 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 'round her shoulders
was a galway shawl

and 'round her shoulders
was a galway shawl

words and music - traditional
as performed 2025-02-01: the pavilion theatre main auditorium - glasgow, united kingdom (the great irish songbook) (the great irish songbook) (with dervish, moya brennan, and eddi reader)