The Galway Races-The Dubliners

[ti:The Galway Races] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:The Dubliners] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Galway Races - The Dubliners [00:15.83]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [00:18.79] [00:20.42]And as I rode out through Galway Town to seek for recreation [00:22.90]On the seventeenth of August me mind being elevated [00:26.97] [00:27.66]There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station [00:30.99] [00:31.56]And me eyes began to dazzle and they're going to see the races [00:35.27]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [00:38.14] [00:40.79]There were passengers from Limerick and passengers from Nenagh [00:43.60] [00:44.82]Passengers from Dublin and sportsmen from Tipperary [00:47.37] [00:48.38]There were passengers from Kerry and all quarters of the nation [00:52.16]And our member Mr Hardy for to join the Galway Blazers [00:55.63]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [00:58.46] [01:01.55]There were multitudes from Aran and members from New Quay shore [01:04.87]The boys from Connemara and the Clare unmarried maidens [01:07.79] [01:08.57]People from Cork City who were loyal true and faithful [01:12.17]They brought home the Fenian prisoners from dying in foreign nations [01:15.62]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [01:19.36] [01:21.69]And it's there you'll see confectioners with sugarsticks and dainties [01:24.30]The lozenges and oranges the lemonade and raisins [01:29.21]Gingerbread and spices to accomodate the ladies [01:32.06] [01:33.00]And a big crubeen for thruppence to be suckin' while you're able [01:37.12]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [01:39.97] [01:42.00]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 [01:49.07]There was others without scruple pelting wattles at poor Maggy [01:52.72] [01:53.29]And her daddy well contented to be gawking at his daughter [01:56.83]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [02:00.28] [02:02.47]And it's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing [02:05.14]The nimble-footed dancers and they trippin' on the daisies [02:09.27] [02:10.05]There was others shoutin' cigars and lights and bills for all the races [02:13.81] [02:14.44]With the colours of the jockey and the price and horses' ages [02:17.78]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [02:20.41] [02:22.12]And it's there you'll see the jockeys and they mounted on so stately [02:25.92]The pink the blue the orange and green the emblem of our nation [02:29.49]When the bell was rung for starting all the horses seemed impatient [02:33.86]I thought they never stood on ground their speed was so amazing [02:37.30]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [02:40.26]There was half a million people there of all denominations [02:46.13]The Catholic the Protestant the Jew and Presbyterian [02:50.76]There was yet no animosity no matter what persuasion [02:54.01]But fáilte and hospitality inducing Mr Paisley [02:56.53]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay [03:00.64] [03:01.47]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay