She played the fiddle in an Irish band
But she fell in love with an English man
Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hands
Said, baby, I just wanna dance
I met her on Grafton Street by the side of the bus
She shared a cigarette with me while her brother played the guitar
She asked me,
what does it mean,
the gaily kink on your arm?
Said it was one of my friend's songs,
do you wanna drink on?
She took Jamie as a chaser, Jack for the fun
She got Arthur on the table with Johnny riding a shotgun
Chatted some more, one more drink at the bar
Then put Van on the jukebox, got up to dancing
She played the fiddle in an Irish band
But she fell in love with an English man
Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hands
Said,
baby,
I just wanna dance With my pretty little Galway girl
You're my pretty little Galway girl
You know she beat me at darts and then she beat me at pool
And then she kissed me like there was nobody else in the room
As last orders were called was when she stood on the stool
After dancing to Kayleigh singing to trad tunes
I never heard Carick Fergus ever sung so sweet
A cappella in the bar using her feet for a beat
Oh,
I could have that voice playing on repeat for a week And
in this packed out room is where she was singing to me
You know she played the fiddle in an Irish
band But she fell in love with an English man
Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hands Said,
baby,
I just wanna dance
With my pretty little Galway girl My,
my, my, my, my, my, my Galway girl
My,
my,
my,
my,
my,
my,
my Galway girl My,
my,
my,
my,
my,
my,
my Galway girl
Well,
now,
without a say,
don't welcome in this closing time I was holding her hand,
her hand was holding mine
A cold,
spoilt smell of smoke,
whiskey and wine As we fill up her
lungs with the cold air of the night
I walked her home,
then she took me inside To finish some
Doritos and another bottle of wine
I swear I'm gonna put you in a song that I
write About a Galway girl and a perfect night
She played the fiddle in an Irish band
But she fell in love with an English man
Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hands Said,
baby,
I just wanna dance
With my pretty little Galway girl My,
my,
my,
my,
my,
my,
my Galway girl