From Galway Bay he sailed away
Was in the month of may
His true love she stood weeping
While standing on the quay
His true love she stood weeping
And bitterly did cry
Oh he's gone and god be with him
My roving Galway boy
From Galway they sailed away
The weather it was fair
But when they reached
The coast of clare
They fell in deep dispair
The anchor it was lifted
And wave so mountains high
Then he thought of lovely Mary
This roving Galway boy
Was scarce six months had passed and gone
And a letter he sent her home
Enquiring for his absent friends
And the love he left alone
He sent her on her passage
Which acount for all her joy
And she's now in Philadelphia with
Her roving Galway boy
And she's now in Philadelphia with
Her roving Galway boy
