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A fun song that talks about a day at the races and all of the fun and fancy that comes along with it.


Galway Races

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As I rode to Galway Town to seek for recreation,
             Am                          G                     C
 On the 17th of August, me mind being elevated,
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 There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station,
                              Em                    Am
 My eyes began to dazzle and I'm going to see the races,
 
 Chorus

                C                        G               Am       G    Am
 With me Whack, Fol-da-da, Fol-da-diddly-ida- day.

 
C     
 There were passengers from Limerick and more from Tipperary,
                   Am                       G                      C     
 Boys from Connemara and a flair of married ladies,
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 People from Cork City who were loyal, true and faithful,
                       Em                                               Em
 Who brought home the Fenian prisoners from dying in foreign nations.
                                    
                                    CHORUS



 It's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing,
       Am                                    G                        C                        
 The nimble-footed dancers a-tripping o'er the daisies,
                                          G                              Am                   C
 There were others crying cigars and likes, and bills for all the races,
                                      Em                      Am
 With the colours of the jockeys and the price and horses ages.

                                  CHORUS

 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,
                                              G                      Am                        C   
 When the bell was rung for starting, all the horses seemed impatient,
                                   Em                               Am
 I thought they never stood on ground their speed was so amazing.

                                 CHORUS

  C
 There was half a million people there from all denominations,
        Am                                         G                       C
 The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew and Presbyterian,
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 There was yet no animosity, no matter what persuasion,
                                 Em            Am                        
 But sportsman hospitality and induce fresh acquaintance.

                                      CHORUS