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 hand
Said, "baby, I just want to dance"
I meet her on Grafton street
right outside of the bar
She shared a cigarette with me while
her brother played the guitar
She asked me what does it mean,
the Gaelic ink on your arm?
Said it was one of my friend's songs, do you want to drink on?
She took Jamie as a chaser,
Jack for the fun
She got Arthur on the table with
Johnny riding as a shotgun
Chatted some more,
one more drink at the bar
Then put Van on the jukebox, got up to dance
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 hand
Said, "baby,
I just want to 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 Kaleigh, singing to trad tunes
I never heard Carrickfergus
ever sang so sweet
A capella 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 swear 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 hand
Said, "baby,
I just want to dance"
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
And now we've outstayed our
welcome and it's closing time
I was holding her hand,
her hand was holding mine
Our coats both smell of smoke,
whisky and wine
As we fill up our 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
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 hand
Said, "baby,
I just want to dance"
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, hey
