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The Galway Girl by Steve Earle

Well, I took a (1)____________ on the old long walk
Of a day -i-ay-i-ay
I met a little girl and we (2)______________ to talk
Of a (3)________ soft day -i-ay-i-ay
And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do
'Cause her (4)________ was black and her (5)________ were blue
And I knew (6)__________ then I'd be takin' a whirl
'Round the salthill prom with a (7)____________ girl
We (8)________ (9)______________ there when the (10)________ 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 (11)__________ and her (12)________ were blue
So I (13)________ her hand and I (14)________ her a twirl
And I (15)________ my heart to a galway girl
When I (16)________ up I was all alone
With a broken heart and a ticket home
And I ask you now, (17)________ me what would you do
If her hair was black and her (18)________ (19)________ blue
I've traveled around I've been all (20)________ (21)________ world
Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a galway girl
Answers:
(1) stroll(2) stopped(3) fine(4) hair(5) eyes(6) right(7) galway(8) were(9) halfway(10) rain(11) black(12) eyes(13) took(14) gave(15) lost(16) woke(17) tell(18) eyes(19) were(20) over(21) this