Текст песни The Galway Races - The Dubliners
As
I
rode
down
to
Galway
town
to
seek
for
recreation
On
the
seventeenth
of
August
me
mind
being
elevated
There
were
multitudes
assembled
with
their
tickets
at
the
station
Me
eyes
began
to
dazzle
and
I'm
goin'
to
see
the
races.
Chorus:
With
your
whack-fa-the-da-for-the-diddle-ee-iddle-day.
There
were
passengers
from
Limerick
and
passengers
from
Nenagh
And
passengers
from
Dublin
and
sportsmen
from
Tipperary
There
were
passengers
from
Kerry,
and
all
quarters
of
our
nation
And
our
member,
Mr.
Hearst,
for
to
join
the
Galway
Blazers.
There
were
multitudes
from
Aran,
and
members
from
New
Quay
Shore
Boys
from
Connemara
and
the
Claire
unmarried
maidens
There
were
people
from
Cork
city
who
were
loyal,
true
and
faithful;
Who
brought
home
the
Fenian
prisoners
from
diverse
foreign
nations.
It's
there
you'll
see
confectioners
with
sugarsticks
and
dainties
The
lozenges
and
oranges,
the
lemonade
and
raisins!
The
gingerbread
and
spices
to
accomodate
the
ladies
And
a
big
crubeen
for
thruppence
to
be
pickin'
while
you're
able.
It's
there
you'll
see
the
gamblers,
the
thimbles
and
the
garters
And
the
spotting
Wheel
of
Fortune
with
the
four
and
twenty
quarters
There
was
others
without
scruple
pelting
wattles
at
poor
Maggy
And
her
father
well-contented
and
he
lookin'
at
his
daughter.
It's
there
you'll
see
the
pipers
and
the
fiddlers
competing
The
nimble
footed
dancers
a-tripping
over
the
daisies
There
were
others
crying
cigars
and
lights
and
bills
for
all
the
races
With
the
colors
of
the
jockeys
and
the
prize
and
horses'
ages.
It's
there
you'll
see
the
jockeys
and
they're
mounted
out
so
stately
The
pink,
the
blue,
the
orange,
and
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.
There
was
half
a
million
people
there
from
all
denominations
The
Catholic,
the
Protestant,
the
Jew,
and
Presbyterian
There
was
yet
no
animosity,
no
matter
what
persuasion
But
"failte"
and
hospitality
inducin'
fresh
acquaintance.
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