WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Dubliners - The Galway Races Chords | Ver. 1
[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
