Galway Girl

Hi all!

So you know how everyone knows all the pub songs in Ireland, and everyone sings them in all the bars? Well, it turns out that I've got a pub song of my very own! It's not an Irish song, it's written by Steve Earle, but it's been playing non-stop since I arrived, and since I've been here it's happened seven times... people see me and they shout out the song and ask me to dance with them. Therefore: the day before yesterday, I finally claimed it as my own. It's catchy... Charlie likes it, but it's a little bit too country for me.

Love,

Annie

P.S. I'm at work and clearly shouldn't be blogging right now.

GALWAY GIRL by STEVE EARLE

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
Of a fine 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
'Round the Salthill Prom with a Galway girl

We were halfway there when the rain came down
Of a day -I-ay-I-ay
And she asked me up to her flat downtown
Of a fine 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