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Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk

 On a day-I-ay-I-ay

I met a little girl and we stopped to talk

 on a grand soft day-I-ay

 And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do

 'Cause her hair was black 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 rain came down

 On a day-I-ay-I-ay

 And she took me up to her flat downtown

 Of a grand 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 black and her eyes were blue

 I've traveled around I've been all over this world

 Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl