RIV 1071

Galway Girl

Jack O'Leary (Courtesy Silver Sounds Music)

Sides face, Grand Square
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 fine soft day i-ay...
Allemande and Weave
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 half way 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...

When I woke up I was all alone
Ay-i-ay-i-ay
With a broken heart and a ticket home . . .
...
And I ask you now, tell me what would you do
If her hair is black and her eyes were blue
‘Cause I’ve traveled around, been all over this world
I ain’t seen nothin’ like a Galway girl

Heads (Sides) Square Thru four hands around
Around that Corner do a DoSaDo,
Swing Thru, Girls Circulate, Boys Trade
Boys Run Right, Bend the Line that way,
Star Thru, Square Thru, three quarters go
Swing that Corner and Promenade her home
So I took her hand, and I gave her a twirl
And I lost my heart to a Galway girl

I ain’t seen nothin’ like a Galway girl