31 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 And her beauty fairly took my breath away She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds No paint no powder, no none at all She wore a bonnet with ribbons on it And 'round her shoulders was the Galway shawl We kept on walking, we kept on talking Till her father’s cottage came in to view Said she, 'come in sir', and meet my father And for to please him play 'The Foggy Dew' 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 her tears they flowed from her eyes so blue She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds ....... ‘Twas very early, all in the morning When I hit the road for old Donegal She said ‘Goodbye sir’, and she cried And my heart remained with the Galway Shawl. She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds .......