《The Galway Races》歌词

[00:00:00] The Galway Races - The Dubliners

[00:00:15] With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay

[00:00:20] And as I rode out through Galway Town to seek for recreation

[00:00:22] On the seventeenth of August me mind being elevated

[00:00:27] There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station

[00:00:31] And me eyes began to dazzle and they're going to see the races

[00:00:35] With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay

[00:00:40] There were passengers from Limerick and passengers from Nenagh

[00:00:44] Passengers from Dublin and sportsmen from Tipperary

[00:00:48] There were passengers from Kerry and all quarters of the nation

[00:00:52] And our member Mr Hardy for to join the Galway Blazers

[00:00:55] With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay

[00:01:01] There were multitudes from Aran and members from New Quay shore

[00:01:04] The boys from Connemara and the Clare unmarried maidens

[00:01:08] People from Cork City who were loyal true and faithful

[00:01:12] They brought home the Fenian prisoners from dying in foreign nations

[00:01:15] With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay

[00:01:21] And it's there you'll see confectioners with sugarsticks and dainties

[00:01:24] The lozenges and oranges the lemonade and raisins

[00:01:29] Gingerbread and spices to accomodate the ladies

[00:01:33] And a big crubeen for thruppence to be suckin' while you're able

[00:01:37] With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay

[00:01:42] And it's there you'll see the gamblers the thimbles and the garters

[00:01:45] And the sporting Wheel of Fortune with the four and twenty quarters

[00:01:49] There was others without scruple pelting wattles at poor Maggy

[00:01:53] And her daddy well contented to be gawking at his daughter

[00:01:56] With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay

[00:02:02] And it's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing

[00:02:05] The nimble-footed dancers and they trippin' on the daisies

[00:02:10] There was others shoutin' cigars and lights and bills for all the races

[00:02:14] With the colours of the jockey and the price and horses' ages

[00:02:17] With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay

[00:02:22] And it's there you'll see the jockeys and they mounted on so stately

[00:02:25] The pink the blue the orange and green the emblem of our nation

[00:02:29] When the bell was rung for starting all the horses seemed impatient

[00:02:33] I thought they never stood on ground their speed was so amazing

[00:02:37] With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay

[00:02:40] There was half a million people there of all denominations

[00:02:46] The Catholic the Protestant the Jew and Presbyterian

[00:02:50] There was yet no animosity no matter what persuasion

[00:02:54] But fáilte and hospitality inducing Mr Paisley

[00:02:56] With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay

[00:03:01] With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay