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The Galway Girl by Steve Earle

Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk
Of a day -i-ay-i-ay
I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
Of a fine (1)________ day -i-ay-i-ay
And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes (2)________ blue
And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl
'Round the salthill prom with a galway girl
We were (3)______________ there when the (4)________ came down
Of a day -i-ay-i-ay
And she asked me up to her flat downtown
Of a fine soft day -i-ay-i-ay
And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes (5)________ blue
So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl
And I lost my heart to a galway girl
When I (6)________ up I was all alone
With a (7)____________ heart and a ticket home
And I ask you now, (8)________ me what would you do
If her (9)________ was black and her eyes were blue
I've traveled (10)____________ I've been all over this world
Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a galway girl
Answers:
(1) soft(2) were(3) halfway(4) rain(5) were(6) woke(7) broken(8) tell(9) hair(10) around