Well, I took a stroll down the old long walk On a day I-ay-I-ay Met a little girl and we stopped to talk On a fine 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 salt hill prom with a galway girl We were halfway there when the rain came down On a day I-ay-I-ay And she asked me up to her flat downtown On a fine 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 So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl And I lost my heart to the 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 You see, I travelled around, been all over this world Oh boys, I ain't seen nothin' like the galway girl