this song is usually done with just the voice , but since i ai n't done it before in front of an audience , i take out my pennywhistle and plays the melody , with a few embellishments , and then drops it and lifts my chin and sings : `` in erinmore in the county galway , one fine evening in the month of may , i spied a colleen she was tall and handsome , and she nearly stole my heart away .