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The Galway Girl by Steve Earle

Well, I took a stroll on the old (1)________ 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 (2)________ were blue
And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl
'Round the salthill prom (3)________ a galway girl
We were halfway there when the rain came down
Of a day -i-ay-i-ay
And she (4)__________ 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 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 (5)________ was black and her eyes were blue
I've (6)________________ around I've been all over (7)________ world
Boys I ain't (8)__________ seen nothin' (9)________ a galway (10)________
Answers:
(1) long(2) eyes(3) with(4) asked(5) hair(6) traveled(7) this(8) never(9) like(10) girl