Galway Bay 1 2 1 2 3 4 C 2 3 4 C 2 3 4 C 2 3 4 C 2 C G If you e-ver go a-cross the sea to Ire-land C Then may-be at the clos-ing of your day C7 F You will sit and watch the moon rise o-ver Clad-dagh G C And see the sun go down on Gal-way Bay C G Just to hear a-gain the rip-ple of the trout stream C The wo-men in the mea-dow mak-ing hay C C7 F Just to sit be-side a turf fire in the cab-in G C And watch the bare-foot Gos-soons at their play C G For the breez-es blow-ing o'er the seas from Ire-land G C Are per-fumed by the heath-er as they blow C C7 F And the wo-men in the up-lands dig-gin' pra-ties G C Speak a lang-uage that the strang-ers do not know D A For the strang-ers came and tried to teach us their way D They scorn'd us just for be-ing what we are D D7 G But they might as well go chas-ing after moon-beams A D Or light a pen-ny can-dle from a star D A And if there is going to be a life here-af-ter D And some-how I am sure there's going to be D D7 G I will ask my God to let me make my hea-ven A D In that dear land a-cross the I-rish sea 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1