The Galway Shawl lyrics

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 a ribbon 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 swelled 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 remained with the Galway shawl She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds No paint or powder, no, none at all She wore a bonnet with a ribbon 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 a ribbon on it And 'round her shoulder was the Galway shawl