Carry me up to Galway Song Lyrics And Chords
By Padraig Grimes.
It tell the story of a lovelorn young man who without money decides me must see him girlfriend, so he embarks on a little adventure from Dublin to Galway taking any transport available and free in the hope of surprising here, but alas she too had the same idea and having a little more money than him, takes the train the very same day to Dublin. So you can imagine his despair upon arrival in Galway. Other songs relating to Galway include the Steve Earl classic Galway Girl Song which has now become one of the best known Irish songs of all time.
G C D G
It was on a Friday afternoon in Dublin’s fair city
C G D G
I was heading west, not making haste, I have somewhere to be
C D G
When I met a man on the Royal canal, making faster pace you see
C G D G
Well I chanced my arm and I said to him, have you room on board for me
And I said
Chorus
D G C D
“Carry me up to Galway, carry me up today
G C D G
There’s a girl down there who loves me and I must see right away
D G C D
Carry me up to Galway, carry me up today
G C D G
Carry me up to Galway, it`s surely on your way”
Well he said to me, he said said he, “I won’t be going far
But if you help me with the locks my friend, we`ll get near Mullingar
I`ve a friend down there, he`s mighty fair and I think he owns a car”
But he likes the beer, so when we got there, we found him in a bar
And I said
Chorus
Well he let me borrow his old car and I started making ground
But I hadn`t gone I`d say ten miles when the old thing she broke down
As I stood there on the roadside in despair began to cry
Till an old lad on a Honda 50, he came whizzing by
And I said
Chorus
As I sat behind him contemplating as we bumped along the road
At least I won’t go hungry, cause the flies I ate a load
But ten miles outside Galway we went our separate ways
So I stuck out my thumb, held up a sign and on the sign I wrote
Chorus
Well it must be after midnight when I walked into that town
A journey long and perilous but alive I made it down
But I got her answering machine and now I stand here in the rain
It said she`d gone to visit me, she`d gone to Dublin on the train
Oh Lord!!
Chorus
It tell the story of a lovelorn young man who without money decides me must see him girlfriend, so he embarks on a little adventure from Dublin to Galway taking any transport available and free in the hope of surprising here, but alas she too had the same idea and having a little more money than him, takes the train the very same day to Dublin. So you can imagine his despair upon arrival in Galway. Other songs relating to Galway include the Steve Earl classic Galway Girl Song which has now become one of the best known Irish songs of all time.
G C D G
It was on a Friday afternoon in Dublin’s fair city
C G D G
I was heading west, not making haste, I have somewhere to be
C D G
When I met a man on the Royal canal, making faster pace you see
C G D G
Well I chanced my arm and I said to him, have you room on board for me
And I said
Chorus
D G C D
“Carry me up to Galway, carry me up today
G C D G
There’s a girl down there who loves me and I must see right away
D G C D
Carry me up to Galway, carry me up today
G C D G
Carry me up to Galway, it`s surely on your way”
Well he said to me, he said said he, “I won’t be going far
But if you help me with the locks my friend, we`ll get near Mullingar
I`ve a friend down there, he`s mighty fair and I think he owns a car”
But he likes the beer, so when we got there, we found him in a bar
And I said
Chorus
Well he let me borrow his old car and I started making ground
But I hadn`t gone I`d say ten miles when the old thing she broke down
As I stood there on the roadside in despair began to cry
Till an old lad on a Honda 50, he came whizzing by
And I said
Chorus
As I sat behind him contemplating as we bumped along the road
At least I won’t go hungry, cause the flies I ate a load
But ten miles outside Galway we went our separate ways
So I stuck out my thumb, held up a sign and on the sign I wrote
Chorus
Well it must be after midnight when I walked into that town
A journey long and perilous but alive I made it down
But I got her answering machine and now I stand here in the rain
It said she`d gone to visit me, she`d gone to Dublin on the train
Oh Lord!!
Chorus
