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Verse 1: C As I rode down to Galway town to seek for recreation Am G C On the seventeenth of August me mind being elevated Am G Am Em There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station C Am G Am Me eyes began to dazzle and I'm goin' to see the races Chorus: C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye Verse 2: C There were passengers from Limerick and passengers from Nenagh Am G C And passengers from Dublin and sportsmen from Tipperary Am G Am Em There were passengers from Kerry, and all quarters of our nation C Am G Am And our member, Peter Brennan, for to join the Galway Blazers
Chorus: C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye Verse 3: C There were multitudes from Aran, and members from New Quay Shore Am G C Boys from Connemara and the Claire unmarried maidens Am G Am Em There were people from Cork city who were loyal, true and faithful; C Am G Am Who brought home the Fenian prisoners from diverse foreign nations Chorus: C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye Verse 4: C It's there you'll see confectioners with sugarsticks and dainties Am G C The lozenges and oranges, the lemonade and raisins! Am G Am Em The gingerbread and spices to accomodate the ladies C Am G Am And a big crubeen for thruppence to be pickin' while you're able Chorus: C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye Verse 4: C It's there you'll see the gamblers, the thimbles and the garters Am G C And the spotting Wheel of Fortune with the four and twenty quarters Am G Am Em There was others without scruple pelting wattles at poor Maggy C Am G Am And her father well-contented and he lookin' at his daughter Chorus: C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye Verse 5: C It's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing Am G C The nimble footed dancers a-tripping over the daisies Am G Am Em There were others crying cigars and lights and bills for all the races C Am G Am With the colors of the jockeys and the prize and horses' ages Chorus: C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye Verse 6: C It's there you'll see the jockeys and they're mounted out so stately Am G C The pink, the blue, the orange, and green, the emblem of our nation Am G Am Em When the bell was rung for starting, all the horses seemed impatient C Am G Am I thought they never stood on ground their speed was so amazing Chorus: C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye Verse 7: C There was half a million people there from all denominations Am G C The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew, and Presbyterian Am G Am Em There was yet no animosity, no matter what persuasion C Am G Am But "failte" hospitality inducin' fresh acquaintance Chorus: C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye Chorus: C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye
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Chords: C, Am, G, Em