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[Verse 1]
CAs I rode down to Galway town to seek for recreation On the sevenAmteenth of August me miGnd being elevCated There were multiAmtudes assemGbled with their tickAmets at the staEmtion Me eyeCs began to dazzle and I'm goAmin' to seGe the racAmes
[Chorus] C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Verse 2]
CThere were passengers from Limerick and passengers from Nenagh And passengeAmrs from Dublin and spoGrtsmen from TCipperary There were passeAmngers from GKerry, and all quartAmers of our natEmion And ouCr member, Peter Brennan, forAm to join Gthe GalwaAmy Blazers
[Chorus] C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Verse 3]
CThere were multitudes from Aran, and members from New Quay Shore Boys from CoAmnnemara and the ClaireG unmarried maCidens There were peoplAme from CorkG city who were loyalAm, true and faiEmthful; Who brCought home the Fenian prisonAmers from Gdiverse fAmoreign nations
[Chorus] C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Verse 4]
CIt's there you'll see confectioners with sugarsticks and dainties The lozengesAm and oranges, the lemoGnade and raisCins! The gingerbread Amand spices Gto accomodate the laAmdies Em And a Cbig crubeen for thruppence tAmo be pickGin' whileAm you're able
[Chorus] C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Verse 4]
CIt's there you'll see the gamblers, the thimbles and the garters And the spotAmting Wheel of Fortune Gwith the fourC and twenty quarters There was othersAm without scGruple pelting wattleAms at poor MaggEmy And heCr father well-contented and Amhe lookinG' at his Amdaughter
[Chorus] C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Verse 5]
CIt's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing The nimble fAmooted dancers a-trippiGng over the dCaisies There were otherAms crying ciGgars and lights and Ambills for all Emthe races With tChe colors of the jockeys andAm the prizGe and horAmses' ages
[Chorus] C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Verse 6]
CIt's there you'll see the jockeys and they're mounted out so stately The pink, thAme blue, the orange, anGd green, the Cemblem of our nation When the bell waAms rung for Gstarting, all the hoAmrses seemed imEmpatient I thouCght they never stood on grouAmnd their Gspeed wasAm so amazing
[Chorus] C G Am With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Verse 7]
CThere was half a million people there from all denominations The CatholicAm, the Protestant, the GJew, and PresCbyterian There was yet noAm animosity,G no matter what persAmuasion Em But "fCailte" hospitality inducin' Amfresh acqGuaintanceAm
[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