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The song references local places in Galway. Salthill is the city’s seaside area and is popular with tourists. The Salthill Prom, known locally as the Long Walk, is a 2km seafront promenade overlooking Galway Bay. It is here that the singer meets and begins his brief liaison with the Galway Girl.

    Galway Girl

    by Steve Earle
    Intro:

    Well, 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 grand 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 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
    Of 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
    So 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
    I've traveled around I've been all over this world
    Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl