When 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 Of a fine soft day-I-ay-I-ay And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do 'Cause her hair is black and her eyes are 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 She asked me up to her flat downtown On a fine soft day-I-ay-I-ay And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do 'Cause her hair is black and her eyes are blue And 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 'Cause I traveled around, I've been all over this world Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl