Galway Races

Lyrics

As I rode out to Galway Town to seek for recreation On the seventeenth of August, me mind being elevated There was multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station Me eyes began to dazzle and I going to see the races With a wack fol de dil Fol de diddly idle lay It's there you'll see confectioners with sugar-sticks and dainties And lozenges and oranges and lemonade and raisins And gingerbread and spices to accommodatе the ladies And a big crúibin for thruppencе to be pickin' while you're able With a wack fol de dil Fol de diddly idle lay And there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competin' And nimble footed dancers and they're trippin' on the daisies And others cryin' "Cigars and lights" and bills for all the races With the colours of the jockeys and the price and horses ages With me wack fol de dil Fol de diddly idle lay It's there you'll see the jockeys and they mounted on so stably The blue, the pink, the red, the green, the emblem of our nation When the bell was rung for starting, all the horses seemed impatient I thought they never stood on ground, their speed was so amazing With a wack fol de dil Fol de diddly idle lay There was half a million people there of all denominations The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew and Presbyterian There was yet no animosity, no matter what persuasion But fortune, hospitality, inducing fresh acquaintance With me wack fol de dil Fol de diddly idle lay Ah, with me wack fol de dil Fol de diddly idle lay