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 On 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 And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl Down 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 On a fine soft day -I-ay-I-ay And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do If 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 But when I woke up I was all alone With a broken heart and a ticket home And I ask you friend, what's a fella to do If her hair was black and her eyes were blue See I've traveled around I've been all over the world I've never seen nothin' like a Galway girl And I ask you friend, what's a fella to do If her hair was black and her eyes were blue See I've traveled around I've been all over the world I've never seen nothin' like a Galway girl