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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 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 (1)________ the rain came down
Of a day -i-ay-i-ay
And she asked me up to her flat downtown
Of a (2)________ (3)________ 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 (4)________ and I gave her a twirl
And I (5)________ my heart to a galway girl
When I woke up I was all alone
With a broken heart and a (6)____________ home
And I ask you now, (7)________ me what would you do
If her hair was (8)__________ and her eyes were blue
I've (9)________________ around I've been all over this world
Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a (10)____________ girl
Answers:
(1) when(2) fine(3) soft(4) hand(5) lost(6) ticket(7) tell(8) black(9) traveled(10) galway