E’ “Galway girl” il nuovo singolo di Ed Sheeran, giovane cantautore britannico tra i più apprezzati a livello internazionale. Il brano, in rotazione radiofonica italiana a partire dallo scorso 12 maggio, rappresenta il terzo estratto dal suo ultimo disco di inediti “÷“, pubblicato lo scorso marzo.
La canzone, composta insieme al gruppo folk dei Beoga, segue il successo delle due precedenti hit “Shape of you” e “Castle on the hill”. Nato ad Halifax, nella contea del West Yorkshire nel Regno Unito, il 17 febbraio del 1991, Edward Christopher Sheeran comincia a comporre e registrare i suoi brani sin da giovanissimo, pubblicando nel 2005 il suo primo EP “The Orange Room”, seguito da “Ed Sheeran” e “Want Some?”.
Il successo arriva pochi anni più tardi, con il suo trasferimento negli Stati Uniti e la pubblicazione degli album “+” del 2011 e “x” del 2014. Per accompagnare il lancio di “Galway girl”, caratterizzato da forti sonorità irish, è stato realizza il video ufficiale del singolo, diretto dal regista Jason Koenig e con protagonista l’attrice Sarisse Ronan, che vi proponiamo di seguito assieme al testo.
Galway Girl: il testo
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 want to dance”
I meet 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 table with Johnny riding as 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
Said, “baby, I just want to 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 Kaleigh, singing to trad tunes
I never heard Carrickfergus ever sang so sweet
A capella 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 want to 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
As 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 want to 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, hey
