In Oranmore, in the County Galway One pleasant evening in the month of May I spied a coleen, she was tall and handsome Her beauty nearly took my breath away
She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds No paint or powder, no none at all But she wore a bonnet, with a ribbon on it And around her shoulder was the Galway shawl
We kept on walking and she kept on talking 'Til her father's cottage came into view Said she 'Come in sir, and meet me father And play to please him The Foggy Dew'
I played The Blackbird and The Stack of Barley Rodney's Glory and The Foggy Dew She sang each note like and Irish linnet Whilst tears they flowed in her eyes of blue
'Twas early, early all in the morning When I hit the road for auld Donegal Said she 'Goodbye sir' she cried and kissed me And me heart remained with my Galway shawl
She wore no jewels, no costly diamonds No paint or powder, no none at all But she wore a bonnet, with a ribbon on it And around her shoulder was the Galway shawl
