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[ti:The Galway Races (1993 Digital Remaster)]
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[00:00.000]The Galway Races (1993 Remaster) - The Dubliners
[00:03.830]And as I rode out through Galway Town to seek for recreation
[00:23.828]On the seventeenth of August me mind being elevated
[00:26.008]There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station
[00:30.038]And me eyes began to dazzle and they're going to see the races
[00:34.948]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay
[00:40.858]There were passengers from Limerick and passengers from Nenagh
[00:43.208]Passengers from Dublin and sportsmen from Tipperary
[00:46.238]There were passengers from Kerry and all quarters of the nation
[00:51.838]And our member Mr Hardy for to join the Galway Blazers
[00:54.268]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay
[01:01.348]There were multitudes from Aran and members from New Quay shore
[01:04.328]The boys from Connemara and the Clare unmarried maidens
[01:09.138]People from Cork City who were loyal true and faithful
[01:11.898]They brought home the Fenian prisoners from dying in foreign nations
[01:14.788]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay
[01:21.758]And it's there you'll see confectioners with sugarsticks and dainties
[01:23.648]The lozenges and oranges the lemonade and raisins
[01:25.948]Gingerbread and spices to accomodate the ladies
[01:29.638]And a big crubeen for thruppence to be suckin' while you're able
[01:34.308]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay
[01:42.228]And it's there you'll see the gamblers the thimbles and the garters
[01:44.398]And the sporting Wheel of Fortune with the four and twenty quarters
[01:46.618]There was others without scruple pelting wattles at poor Maggy
[01:48.718]And her daddy well contented to be gawking at his daughter
[01:53.208]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay
[02:02.568]And it's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing
[02:04.718]The nimble-footed dancers and they trippin' on the daisies
[02:07.378]There was others shoutin' cigars and lights and bills for all the races
[02:09.798]With the colours of the jockey and the price and horses' ages
[02:12.138]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay
[02:22.828]And it's there you'll see the jockeys and they mounted on so stately
[02:25.158]The pink the blue the orange and green the emblem of our nation
[02:27.408]When the bell was rung for starting all the horses seemed impatient
[02:29.818]I thought they never stood on ground their speed was so amazing
[02:32.898]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay
[02:43.198]There was half a million people there of all denominations
[02:45.038]The Catholic the Protestant the Jew and Presbyterian
[02:46.788]There was yet no animosity no matter what persuasion
[02:48.638]But fáilte and hospitality inducing Mr Paisley
[02:50.648]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay
[03:01.398]With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay