Liam Clancy - Galway races

As I rode out to ^FGalway Town to seek for recreation On the ^Dmseventeenth of August, me ^Cmind being ele^Fvated There was ^Dmmultitudes as^Csembled with their tickets at the ^Fstation Me eyes began to dazzle and I ^Dmgoing to ^Csee the ^Dmraces

With a ^Fwack fol de ^Cdil Fol de ^Dmdiddly idle lay___

It's there you'll see con^Ffectioners and sugar-sticks and dainties And ^Dmlozenges and oranges and ^Clemonade and ^Fraisins And ^Dmgingerbread and ^Cspices to accommodate the ^Fladies And a big ^N.C.crúibin for thruppence to be pickin' while you're able

With a ^Fwack fol de ^Cdil Fol de ^Dmdiddly idle lay___

And there you'll see the ^Fpipers and the fiddlers competing And nimble footed ^Dmdancers and they're ^Ctripping on the ^Fdaisies And ^Dmothers crying "Ci^Cgars and lights" and bills for all^F the races With the colours of the jockeys and the ^Dmprice and ^Chorses ^Dmages

With me ^Fwack fol de ^Cdil Fol de ^Dmdiddly idle lay___

It's there you'll see the ^Fjockeys and they mounted on so stably The ^Dmblue, the pink, the red, the ^Cgreen, the emblem of our ^Fnation When the bell was rung for ^Dmstarting, all the ^Chorses seemed im^Fpatient I thought they never stood on ground, their ^Dmspeed was ^Cso a^Dmmazing

With a ^Fwack fol de ^Cdil Fol de ^Dmdiddly idle lay___

There was ^Fhalf a million people there of all denominations The ^DmCatholic, the ^CProtestant, ^N.C.the Jew and Presby^Fterian There was yet no ani^Dmmosity, no ^Cmatter what per^Fsuasion But fortune, hospitality, in^Dmducing ^Cfresh ac^Dmquaintance

With me ^Fwack fol de ^Cdil Fol de ^Dmdiddly idle lay___

Ah, with me ^Fwack fol de ^Cdil Fol de ^Dmdiddly idle lay____ ^{C Dm}