[Verse 1]
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Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk 
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Of a day -I-ay-I-ay 
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I met a little girl and we stopped to talk 
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Of a fine soft day-i-ay 
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And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do
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'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue 
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And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl 
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'Round the Salthill Prom with a Galway girl 
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[Verse 2]
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We were halfway there when the rain came down 
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Of a day -I-ay-I-ay
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And she asked me up to her flat downtown 
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Of a fine soft day-i-ay 
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And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do
           Bm       A             G         D 
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue
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So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl
      Bm      A          G      D
And I lost my heart to a Galway girl 
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[Verse 3]
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When I woke up I was all alone 
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[melody only on this line]
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With a broken heart and a ticket home 
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[melody only on this line]
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And I ask you now, tell me what would you do
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If her hair was black and her eyes were blue 
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I've traveled around I've been all over this world
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Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl 
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