Ireland - Galway Shawl

The Dubliners are an Irish folk band founded in 1962, making them one of the older bands that are still performing music presently.

At Orenmore 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.

Chorus
She wore no jewels, nor costly diamond
No paint or powder, no, none at all.
But she wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it
And round her shoulder was a Galway Shawl.

We kept on walking, she kept on talking,
'Till her father's cottage came into view.
Says she: 'Come in, sir, and meet my father,
And play to please him " The Foggy Dew."

She sat me down beside the fire
I could see her father, he was six feet tall.
And soon her mother had the kettle singing
All I could think of was the Galway shawl.

I played "The Blackbird" and "The Stack of Barley",
" Rodney's Glory" and "The Foggy Dew",
She sang each note like an Irish linnet.
Whilst the tears stood in her eyes of blue.

Chorus

'Twas early, early, all in the morning,
When I hit the road for old Donegal.
She said 'Goodby, sir,'she cried and kissed me,
And my heart remained with that Galway shawl.

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• galway

[McKaren09]

Great song!!

[sos955]

ireland is the best my country

[sans123100]

"The Galway Shawl" is a traditional Irish folk song, concerning a rural courtship in the West of Ireland. The first known version was collected by Sam Henry from Bridget Kealey in Dungiven in 1936.[1] The song has been popularly recorded by many ballad groups in Ireland and is now commonly adapted to a waltz time so that people can dance to it.

[MrPetersTunes]

This is not the dubliners....

[Kidmc]

my mommy xx

[DukeOfIreIand]

Great song and never grows old.

[ForeverIrishgirl]

in the lyrics, it's spelt *Oranmore

[Damlarable]

My god - how old is this video just got a flashback of my youth!!! Galway has changed alot since

[rmcc07]

Hu sings this version ? I love it hi

[MrPhilroo123]

for terry kilmurray, rip, from the rest uf us, he loved this sing

[bigbadredsox]

Getting misty!!

[TheIrishDoll]

Wheres the whole song? My city by the way <3