The Galway Rover

I've the face of a stranger with a smile of a rover
I'll take a glass at down Kinvara and a jug at Oughterard
Down the great donkey roads though the hills of Connemara
To my dark Spanish handsome love way down in Galway town

Chorus (after each verse):
Where Jimmy is me love, he's me pride, he's me darling
Jimmy leaves me wander to the ends of the world
Jimmy brings me love, gives me hope and sets me dreaming
And when the leaves are turning, in his arms I'll settle down in Galway town

The spring brings the swallow, a fresh land of the rover
Where the blushing summer roses shed their petals to the glen
And the long breathless evenings where the loneliness is heaven
Makes the dreaming come so easy on the road to Galway town

The curlew are calling, a shy form is prancing
All the ferns on them bulbing by the thousand gentle eyes
All the creatures of Eireann sing their own sweet songs of pleasure
As the rover goes a-whistling down the road to Galway town

Where he's me love, he's me pride, he's me darling
Jimmy leaves me wander to the ends of the world
Jimmy brings me love, gives me hope and sets me dreaming
And when the leaves are turning, in his arms I'll settle down in Galway town
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