The Galway Races-The Dubliners

[ti:The Galway Races] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:An Hour With The Dubliners] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Galway Races - The Dubliners [00:20.90]And as I rode out through Galway Town to seek for recreation [00:23.27]On the seventeenth of August me mind being elevated [00:27.56] [00:28.22]There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station [00:31.53]And me eyes began to dazzle and they're going to see the races [00:35.41]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [00:39.50] [00:41.17]There were passengers from Limerick and passengers from Nenagh [00:44.80]Passengers from Dublin and sportsmen from Tipperary [00:48.14] [00:48.67]There were passengers from Kerry and all quarters of the nation [00:52.33]And our member Mr Hardy for to join the Galway Blazers [00:55.86]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [00:59.84] [01:02.02]There were multitudes from Aran and members from New Quay shore [01:04.73]The boys from Connemara and the Clare unmarried maidens [01:07.83]People from Cork City who were loyal true and faithful [01:12.72]They brought home the Fenian prisoners from dying in foreign nations [01:16.74]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [01:20.10]And it's there you'll see confectioners with sugarsticks and dainties [01:24.83]The lozenges and oranges the lemonade and raisins [01:28.72]Gingerbread and spices to accomodate the ladies [01:33.38]And a big crubeen for thruppence to be suckin' while you're able [01:37.47]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [01:40.73]And it's there you'll see the gamblers the thimbles and the garters [01:44.98]And the sporting Wheel of Fortune with the four and twenty quarters [01:48.71] [01:49.64]There was others without scruple pelting wattles at poor Maggy [01:51.99]And her daddy well contented to be gawking at his daughter [01:56.25]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [02:00.59]And it's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing [02:06.41]The nimble-footed dancers and they trippin' on the daisies [02:09.40] [02:10.25]There was others shoutin' cigars and lights and bills for all the races [02:14.42]With the colours of the jockey and the price and horses' ages [02:17.59]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [02:20.11]And it's there you'll see the jockeys and they mounted on so stately [02:26.57]The pink the blue the orange and green the emblem of our nation [02:30.15]When the bell was rung for starting all the horses seemed impatient [02:33.39]I thought they never stood on ground their speed was so amazing [02:37.62]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [02:43.76]There was half a million people there of all denominations [02:45.89]The Catholic the Protestant the Jew and Presbyterian [02:49.08]There was yet no animosity no matter what persuasion [02:54.20]But fáilte and hospitality inducing Mr Paisley [02:56.92]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [03:01.82]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay