[Chorus]
             
She played the

 
 fiddle in an 

Irish band
             
But she fell i

              
n love with an

 
 English man
             
Kissed her on 

              
the neck and t

    
hen I took her

 by the hand
             
Said, "Baby, I

      
 just want to 

dance"


[Verse 1]
            
I met her on G

rafton street 

right outside 

of the bar
             
She shared a c

              
igarette with 

         
me while her b

rother played 

the guitar
             
She asked me w

              
hat does it me

    
an, the Gaelic

 ink on your a

rm?
             
Said it was on

              
e of my friend

          
's songs, do y

ou want to dri

nk on?
             
She took Jamie

      
 as a chaser, 

Jack for the f

un
             
She got Arthur

              
 on the table 

     
with Johnny ri

ding a shotgun
             
Chatted some m

     
ore, one more 

drink at the b

ar
             
Then put Van o

      
n the jukebox,

 got up to dan

ce


[Chorus]
             
You know, she 

           
played the fid

dle in an Iris

h band
             
But she fell i

              
n love with an

 
 English man
             
Kissed her on 

              
the neck and t

    
hen I took her

 by the hand
             
Said, "Baby, I

      
 just want to 

dance"
             
With my pretty

        
 little Galway

 Girl
             
You're my pret

          
ty little Galw

ay Girl


[Verse 2]
             
You know she b

              
eat me at dart

              
s and then she

 
 beat me at po

ol
             
And then she k

              
issed me like 

          
there was nobo

dy else in the

 room
             
As last orders

              
 were called w

   
as when she st

ood on the sto

ol
             
After dancing 

              
the céili sin

        
ging to trad t

unes
             
I never heard 

              
Carrickfergus 

     
ever sung so s

weet
             
A cappella in 

              
the bar using 

    
her feet for a

 beat
             
Oh, I could ha

              
ve that voice 

           
playing on rep

eat for a week
             
And in this pa

              
cked out room 

              
swear she was 


singing to me


[Chorus]
             
You know, she 

           
played the fid

dle in an Iris

h band
             
But she fell i

              
n love with an

 
 English man
             
Kissed her on 

              
the neck and t

    
hen I took her

 by the hand
             
Said, "Baby, I

      
 just want to 

dance"
             
With my pretty

        
 little Galway

 Girl
             
My, my, my, my

             
, my, my, my G

#
alway Girl
             
My, my, my, my

             
, my, my, my G

#
alway Girl
             
My, my, my, my

             
, my, my, my G

#
alway Girl


[Verse 3]
             
And now we've 

              
outstayed our 

              
welcome and it

   
's closing tim

e
             
I was holding 

          
her hand, her 

hand was holdi

ng mine
             
Our coats both

              
 smell of smok

   
e, whisky and 

wine
             
As we fill up 

              
our lungs with

     
 the cold air 

of the night
             
I walked her h

             
ome then she t

ook me inside
             
To finish some

              
 Doritos and a

 
 bottle of win

e
             
I swear I'm go

              
nna put you in

   
 a song that I

 write
             
About a Galway

            
 Girl and a pe


rfect night


[Chorus]
             
You know, she 

           
played the fid

dle in an Iris

h band
             
But she fell i

              
n love with an

 
 English man
             
Kissed her on 

              
the neck and t

    
hen I took her

 by the hand
             
Said, "Baby, I

      
 just want to 

dance"
             
With my pretty

        
 little Galway

 Girl
             
My, my, my, my

             
, my, my, my G

#
alway Girl
             
My, my, my, my

             
, my, my, my G

#
alway Girl
             
My, my, my, my

             
, my, my, my G

#
alway Girl