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 were (2)______________ there when the (3)________ 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 (4)__________ 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, (5)________ me what would you do
If her hair was black and her (6)________ were blue
I've (7)________________ around I've been all over (8)________ world
Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a galway (9)________
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 were (2)______________ there when the (3)________ 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 (4)__________ 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, (5)________ me what would you do
If her hair was black and her (6)________ were blue
I've (7)________________ around I've been all over (8)________ world
Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a galway (9)________
Answers:
(1) were(2) halfway(3) rain(4) black(5) tell(6) eyes(7) traveled(8) this(9) girl