The Galway Races-The Dubliners

[ti:The Galway Races (2012 - Remaster)] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:A Drop of the Hard Stuff (2012 - Remaster)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.82]The Galway Races - The Dubliners [00:02.37]Written by：Ciaran Bourke/Kelly/McKenna/Ronnie Drew/Sheahan/Traditional [00:03.84] [00:15.61]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [00:20.35]And as I rode out through Galway Town to seek for recreation [00:23.26] [00:23.97]On the seventeenth of August me mind being elevated [00:27.97]There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station [00:31.50]And me eyes began to dazzle and they're going to see the races [00:35.11]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [00:39.67] [00:40.75]There were passengers from Limerick and passengers from Nenagh [00:44.78]Passengers from Dublin and sportsmen from Tipperary [00:48.30]There were passengers from Kerry and all quarters of the nation [00:51.82]And our member Mr. Hardy for to join the Galway Blazers [00:55.44]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [01:00.55] [01:01.14]There were multitudes from Aran and members from New Quay shore [01:05.18]The boys from Connemara and the Clare unmarried maidens [01:08.97]People from Cork City who were loyal true and faithful [01:12.23]They brought home the Fenian prisoners from dying in foreign nations [01:15.80]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [01:20.76] [01:21.58]And it's there you'll see confectioners with sugarsticks and dainties [01:25.44]The lozenges and oranges the lemonade and raisins [01:29.19]Gingerbread and spices to accomodate the ladies [01:32.57]And a big crubeen for thruppence to be suckin' while you're able [01:36.12]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [01:41.80]And it's there you'll see the gamblers the thimbles and the garters [01:45.41]And the sporting Wheel of Fortune with the four and twenty quarters [01:49.34]There was others without scruple pelting wattles at poor Maggy [01:53.02]And her daddy well contented to be gawking at his daughter [01:56.53]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [02:01.47] [02:02.14]And it's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing [02:06.04]The nimble footed dancers and they trippin' on the daisies [02:09.68]There was others shoutin' cigars and lights and bills for all the races [02:13.42]With the colours of the jockey and the price and horses' ages [02:16.78]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [02:21.58] [02:22.37]And it's there you'll see the jockeys and they mounted on so stately [02:25.98]The pink the blue the orange and green the emblem of our nation [02:29.84]When the bell was rung for starting all the horses seemed impatient [02:33.60]I thought they never stood on ground their speed was so amazing [02:37.00]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [02:41.62] [02:42.57]There was half a million people there of all denominations [02:46.43]The Catholic the Protestant the Jew and Presbyterian [02:50.11]There was yet no animosity no matter what persuasion [02:53.83]But fáilte and hospitality inducing Mr. Paisley [02:57.30]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [03:01.07]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay