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