She played the fiddle in an Irish band

she fell in love with an English man

Kissed her on the neck

and then I took her by the hand

"Baby, I just want to 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 want to drink on?

She took Jamie as a chaser

Jack for the fun

She got Arthur on the tabl

with Johnny riding 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

"Baby, I just want to dance"

With 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 the céili 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

"Baby, I just want to dance"

My pretty little Galway G