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The Galway Shawl

from Getting Livelier by The Mad Ferret Band

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The Galway Shawl - Trad.
Recorded live at Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Stramash Edinburgh by The Mad Ferret Band

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The Galway Shawl

In Aranmore in the County Galway
One pleasant evening in the month of May
I spied a damsel, she was young and handsome
Her beauty fair stole my heart 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

We kept on walking, she kept on talking
Till her father’s cottage came into view
She said ‘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 the tears flowed in her eyes of blue

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

‘Twas early, early, all in the morning
I hit the road for old Donegal
Said she ‘Goodbye sir’, as she cried and left me
And 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

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from Getting Livelier, released December 1, 2018
Alexander Stirton - Guitar - Cajon - Vocals
Christopher Woods - Mandolin - Vocals

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The Mad Ferret Band Perth and Kinross, UK

“Energised, Supercharged Contemporary Folk”

Blending traditional and contemporary folk music, their lively energetic performances are packed with “blisteringly fast mandolin solos”, “tight vocal harmonies, driving Cajon beats and earth-moving DADGAD guitar sound scapes.”

“Uplifting and great fun to listen to, amazing band live or recorded - Nevis Radio

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