And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do

JC 2K3 · 20-04-2008 03:02AM

Oh, is it in some ad?

Never heard it on the radio or in a club, but then again, I wouldn't.

EDIT: Rofl:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EMOv-38M6A

20-04-2008 06:26AM

Bard wrote: »

ah sure why not...

Steve Earle - The Galway Girl

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

Its funny.This song started off in the hole in the wall pub summer 2005.(well first time I heard,long before CP's started playing it.)

Very much a first year NUIG song though.

The song pisses me off though.

Overheal · 20-04-2008 06:58AM

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Are you kidding? It's that rubbish Galway Girl song that has been saturating the airwaves for the last few months.

life_is_music wrote: »

have you been in a pub/club anytime recently??

I think the Irish version is waaaaaaaay better!

Sherifu wrote: »

:eek:

Bard wrote: »

ah sure why not...

Steve Earle - The Galway Girl

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

Lmao. Ive been in a cave for the last 6 months so no I havent spent money on going out drinking

electric69 · 20-04-2008 07:39AM

see a shrink

Overheal · 20-04-2008 07:50AM

oh that song - thanks for posting the vid. I never gave a thought to the words. I was working in a nightvlub when that crap came out first I make a point of ignoring noise like that.

life_is_music · 20-04-2008 12:15PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDfrYmUTJ_o

Irish version is class

Funkstard · 20-04-2008 06:17PM

Did not know this song existed before I went to UL for college. It'd played at least seventeen times a day in the bar here. Also approximately the same each night in the nightclud just off campus. I hate it. Hate.

Bard · 21-04-2008 06:41PM

Jeez, it's not THAT bad - it's a pretty run-of-the-mill cheeky trad Irish "hooley" kind of song and it's been around for ages. There are FAR worse songs in the charts than this.

Slutmonkey57b · 21-04-2008 06:47PM

Bard wrote: »

it's a pretty run-of-the-mill cheeky trad Irish "hooley" kind of song ... There are FAR worse songs in the charts than this.

Those statements are mutually exclusive sir. There's never anything worse than cheeky trad songs.

voodoo_child wrote: »

Nope. Don't watch TV or listen to the charts, sure as fcuk havent seen any Cecilia Ahern films...This thread was the first i heard of it, doubt im missing much :rolleyes:

Things like this are a good working proof of the necessity to insulate yourself from mass TV, radio, and pop culture generally.

Dragan · 21-04-2008 06:55PM

Because she had left him a note saying if he sang that ****ing song once more she would cut him a new one.

Toto Wolfcastle · 21-04-2008 07:38PM

Because he was so repulsive that, rather than ask him to leave, she signed her apartment over to him in an act of desperation?

I like the Irish version but I've had it stuck in my head for about a month and it's getting annoying.

Thrill · 21-04-2008 07:49PM

So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl

See, that was his mistake right there. He should have given her a Mars bar instead.

She also left cos he cant sing worth a f**k.

old boy · 21-04-2008 10:43PM

and here am i thinking a galway hooker is a boat, ah well times change

Gran Hermano · 21-04-2008 10:57PM

Never heard any version of this song before I found this thread.
Must be a country/west coast thing.

Cunny-Funt · 21-04-2008 11:17PM

voodoo_child wrote: »

Nope. Don't watch TV or listen to the charts, sure as fcuk havent seen any Cecilia Ahern films...This thread was the first i heard of it, doubt im missing much :rolleyes:

What this guy said.

1st time I heard that song was this thread. No.1 in Ireland? Damn how do so many people have such a **** taste in music yet at the same time it's always rare to find anyone that actually likes the ****e that makes it to no.1.

Its a damn conspiracy.

Toto Wolfcastle · 21-04-2008 11:39PM

old boy wrote: »

and here am i thinking a galway hooker is a boat, ah well times change

LOL

A girl in college wanted to do a project on Galway hookers. I nearly died laughing when she asked the lecturer if it was ok. I was so disappointed to find out it was a boat.

Jesus Wept · 22-04-2008 10:18AM

Is Steve Earle a pseudoname of Ronan Keeting?

Rob_l · 22-04-2008 10:23AM

Galway forum or some other forum such as the Cr ap music forum(there should be one) :mad:

JohnCleary · 22-04-2008 10:44AM

Dudess wrote: »

I like Steve Earle and while I'm not insane about his version of Galway Girl (which is the original) I think it's not without its charms... but the Mundy version? /makes extremely aggressive stabbing motions

lol handin out free handjobs are ya?

JohnCleary · 22-04-2008 10:46AM

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

Hey, cut Galvia a little slack! The river is already too polluted!

The freshwater portion of the Corrib is not polluted

The tidal saltwater portion has improved lots in the past few years, but there is still a bit of sh1t getting in there down around the Spanish Arch alright... probably purposly left a few pipes there to stop teh crusties swimming there during the summer

faceman · 22-04-2008 10:51AM

Jaysus begrudgery at its best!

Galway girl is a great song. But it was written by an american as already pointed out. Steve Earle is a fantastic song writer. Im no country fan but he has enough life experience for 10 people!

He wrote the song years ago after he moved to galway. It used to be one of my party pieces on the guitar that would drive the mots wild for me until that knob mundy covered it and then that piece of crap film came along (PS I love you) and ruined it for everyone. (well, mostly me!)

Despite his age, country roots and fatness, steve earle can put on a show, i once saw him play and he did a cover version of a nirvana song out of nowhere (Rape me) and alot of the old foggies didnt have a clue what was going on!!

And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do

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