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 On a fine soft day -I-ay And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do If 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 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- And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do If her hair was black and her eyes were blue 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, what would you do If her hair was black and her eyes were blue See I've traveled around been all over this world Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl 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 On a fine soft day I-ay I took her hand and I gave her a twirl And I lost my heart to a Galway girl