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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 black and her eyes (1)________ blue
And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl
'Round the salthill prom with a galway girl
We (2)________ halfway (3)__________ when the rain (4)________ down
Of a day -i-ay-i-ay
And she asked me up to her (5)________ 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 were blue
So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl
And I lost my heart to a galway girl
When I woke 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 (6)__________ and her (7)________ 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) were(2) were(3) there(4) came(5) flat(6) black(7) eyes(8) traveled(9) galway