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 wanna dance"

I met 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

wanna drink on?

She took Jamie as a

chaser, Jack for the fun

she got Arthur on the

table with Johnny

riding the 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 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 Céilidh singing

to trad tunes

I never heard

Carrickfergus ever

sung so sweet

acapella 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 wanna 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

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

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 wanna 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