X: 1
T: Galway Shawl (G major)
R: Waltz and Song Air
C: traditional
O: Ireland
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
N: Instrumental recordings:
D: 1989: Phil Coulter: Words & Music (instrumental)
D: 1998: The George Bradley Sound: The Ultimate Ballroom Album (instrumental)
D: 2012: Martin Curran: Accordion Magic (instrumental)
N: Song recordings:
D: 1972: Christie Hennessy: The Green Album (Song)
D: 1994: Margaret Barry: Her Mantle so Green (Song)
D: 2000: John Wright: A Few Short Lines (Song)
D: 2007: Patrick Street: On the Fly (Song)
D: 2008: The Dubliners: 30 Years a Greying (Song)
D: 2008: Deoch 'n' Dorus: The Curer (Song)
D: 2010: Harry O'Donoghue: A Splash of no Regrets (Song)
D: 2010: Liz Madden: My Irish Home (Song)
D: 2012: Carolyn Hester: I'll Fly Away (Song)
D: 2014: Margaret Barry: Ireland's Own (Song)
D: 2014: Drop the Floor: Raise the Roof (Song)
D: 2014: Hannah Maher: Tales of Sea and Stone (Song)
D: 2016: Brendan Doherty: Feels Like Home (Song)
D: 2017: Finbar Furey: Paddy Dear (Song)
D: 2018: Finbar Furey: Don't Stop This Now (Song)
D: 2018: Lisa O'Neill: Heard a Long Gone Song (Song)
D: 2019: Daoirí Farrell: A Lifetime of Happiness (Song)
D: 2019: Steve Earle & Dervish: The Great Irish Songbook (Song)
D: 2020: Liam McGrandles: The Place You Call Home (Song)
D: 2020: Áine O'Doherty: Áine (Song)
D: and many more ...
N: Chords: | G  . . | G  . . | G  . . | G  . . | G . . | Bm . . | Bm . . | Bm . . |
N:         | Bm . . | Em . . | Em . . | Em . . | A . . | C  . . | C  . . | C  . . |
N:         | G  . . | G  . . | G  . . | G  . . | G . . | Bm . . | Bm . . | Bm . . |
N:         | Bm . . | Em . . | Em . . | Em . . | A . . | G  . . | G  . . | G  . . |]
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=240
K: G major % 1 sharp
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: G2 | G4 F2 | E2 D4- | D6- | D4 EF | G4 A2 | B2 d4- | d6- | d4 d2 |
N:      d4 e2 | B4 A2  | G6- | G4 GB | A4 G2 | E6-    | E6- | E4 G2 |
N:      G4 F2 | E2 D4- | D6- | D4 EF | G4 A2 | B2 d4- | d6- | d4 d2 |
N:      d4 e2 | B4 A2  | G6  | G4 GB | A4 G2 | G6-    | G6- | G4    |]
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
G2 | "G"  G4 F2 | "G"  E2 D4- | "G"  D6- | "G"  D4 EF | "G" G4 A2 | "Bm" B2 d4- | "Bm" d6- | "Bm" d4 d2 |
     "Bm" d4 e2 | "Em" B4 A2  | "Em" G6- | "Em" G4 GB | "A" A4 G2 | "C"  E6-    | "C"  E6- | "C"  E4 G2 |
     "G"  G4 F2 | "G"  E2 D4- | "G"  D6- | "G"  D4 EF | "G" G4 A2 | "Bm" B2 d4- | "Bm" d6- | "Bm" d4 d2 |
     "Bm" d4 e2 | "Em" B4 A2  | "Em" G6  | "Em" G4 GB | "A" A4 G2 | "G"  G6-    | "G"  G6- | "G"  G4    |]
N:
W: 1. At Oranmore in the county Galway
W:    One pleasant evening in the month's of May
W:    I spied a damsel; she was young and handsome
W:    Her beauty fairly took my breath away
W: 2. She worn no jewels, nor costly diamonds
W:    No paint nor powder, no none at all
W:    But she worn a bonnet with ribbons on it
W:    And 'round her shoulders was the Galway shawl
W: 3. We kept on walking she kept on talking
W:    Till her fathers cottage came in to view
W:    Said she, 'come in sir', and meet my father
W:    And play, to please him, 'The Foggy Dew'
W: 4. She sat me down beside the hearthstone
W:    I could see her father he was six feet tall
W:    And soon her mother, had the kettle singing
W:    All I could think of, was the Galway shawl
W: 5. She worn no jewels, nor costly diamonds
W:    No paint nor powder, no none at all
W:    But she worn a bonnet with ribbons on it
W:    And 'round her shoulders was the Galway shawl
W: 6. I played, 'The Black Bird', 'The Stack of Barley'
W:    'Rodney's Glory' and 'The Foggy Dew'
W:    She sang each note like an Irish linnet
W:    And tears weld in her eyes of blue
W: 7. 'Twas early, early, all in the morning
W:    I hit the road for old Donegal
W:    Said she, 'goodbye sir', she cried and kissed me
W:    But my heart remain with the Galway shawl