I took a stroll down the old long walk On the day I-ay-I-ay I met a little girl and we stopped to talk On a grande 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 Down the Salthill Prom with a Galway Girl We were halfway there when the rain came down On the day I-ay-I-ay And she took me up to her flat downtown On a fine 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 So I took her hand, and I gave her a twirl And I lost my heart to a Galway Girl - Oh! So when I woke up I was all alone With a broken heart and a ticket home And I ask you friend, what would you do? If her hair was black and her eyes were blue See I've travelled around, I've been all over the world But I've never seen nothing like a Galway girl - woo! oh!
-Steve Earle
Cailín Na Gaillimhe
Unique Word Count: 85
Bhuel do thug mé cos ar an tsiúlóid mhór Thart ar lár an lae Is de bhuail mé le cailín breá dathúil Agus thosaíomar ag plé Agus n'fheadar liom Cad a thiocfaidh orm Lena gruaig chomh dubh Is a súile gorm Ach thóg mé a lámh Thug mé rince di Agus phóg mé cailín na Gaillimhe. Bhíomar leath-shlí tríd nuair a d'oscail spéir Níos déanaí ins an lae Agus rith muid síos chuig a árasán Chomh bog an lae i-ay Agus n'fheadar liom Cad a thiocfaidh orm Lena gruaig chomh dubh Is a súile gorm Ach thóg mé a lámh Thug mé rince di Agus phóg mé cailín na Gaillimhe. Bhuel do dhúisigh mé agus mé liom féin D'fhág sí mé i-ay Le mo chroí bhriste bhí pian laistigh Agus n'fheadar liom Cad a tharlaíonn linn Nuair a chasamar leis an gcailín sin Tá feicthe ann gach uile naomh Ach níl a leithéid le cailín na Gaillimhe.