The Galway Races Lyrics And Chords
The Galway Races Lyrics And Easy Guitar Chords Recorded by The Dubliners with Luke Kelly on vocals., it's a Traditional Irish folk song. Here is another song that has lots of different versions, This version is the one used by The Pogues. Third line is the word ''wattles'' which are basically stick / twigs used to make fences at the races. I have included a couple of sets of chords including the one's as used by The Pogues. Guitar chords in Chordpro format.
The Galway Races Song Words And Easy To Play Chords In C Major Key
[C]As I went down to Galway Town
To seek for recreation
On the[Am] seventeenth of August
Me[G] mind being eleva[C]ted
There were passengers assem[G]bled
With their[Am] tickets at the[C] station
And me eyes began toEm] dazzle
And they[Am] off to see the races
With me[C] wack fol the[G] do fol
The[Am] diddle idle day
There were passengers from Limerick
And passengers from Nenagh
The boys of Connemara
And the Clare unmarried maiden
There were people from Cork City
Who were loyal, true and faithful
Who brought home the Fenian prisoners
From dying in foreign nations
And it's there you'll see the pipers
And the fiddlers competing
And the sporting wheel of fortune
And the four and twenty quarters
And there's others without scruple
Pelting wattles at poor Maggie
And her father well contented
And he gazing at his daughter
And it's there you'll see the jockeys
And they mounted on so stably
The pink, the blue, the orange, and the green
The colors of our nation
The time it came for starting
All the horses seemed impatient
Their feet they hardly touched the ground
The speed was so amazing!
There was half a million people there
Of all denominations
The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew, the Presbyterian
Yet there was no animosity
No matter what persuasion
But failte hospitality
Inducing fresh acquaintance.
Irish songs from G-J
[C]As I went down to Galway Town
To seek for recreation
On the[Am] seventeenth of August
Me[G] mind being eleva[C]ted
There were passengers assem[G]bled
With their[Am] tickets at the[C] station
And me eyes began toEm] dazzle
And they[Am] off to see the races
With me[C] wack fol the[G] do fol
The[Am] diddle idle day
There were passengers from Limerick
And passengers from Nenagh
The boys of Connemara
And the Clare unmarried maiden
There were people from Cork City
Who were loyal, true and faithful
Who brought home the Fenian prisoners
From dying in foreign nations
And it's there you'll see the pipers
And the fiddlers competing
And the sporting wheel of fortune
And the four and twenty quarters
And there's others without scruple
Pelting wattles at poor Maggie
And her father well contented
And he gazing at his daughter
And it's there you'll see the jockeys
And they mounted on so stably
The pink, the blue, the orange, and the green
The colors of our nation
The time it came for starting
All the horses seemed impatient
Their feet they hardly touched the ground
The speed was so amazing!
There was half a million people there
Of all denominations
The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew, the Presbyterian
Yet there was no animosity
No matter what persuasion
But failte hospitality
Inducing fresh acquaintance.
Irish songs from G-J
These are the guitar chords as played
by The Pogues.
[C]As I went down to Galway Town
To seek for recreation
On the[Am] seventeenth of August
Me[G] mind being elevated
There were passengers assembled
With their[Am] tickets at the[G] station
And me eyes began to[Am] dazzle
And they off to see the races
With me wack fol the[G] do fol
The[Am] diddle idle day.
The Galway Races Tin Whistle Sheet Music
by The Pogues.
[C]As I went down to Galway Town
To seek for recreation
On the[Am] seventeenth of August
Me[G] mind being elevated
There were passengers assembled
With their[Am] tickets at the[G] station
And me eyes began to[Am] dazzle
And they off to see the races
With me wack fol the[G] do fol
The[Am] diddle idle day.
The Galway Races Tin Whistle Sheet Music
Luke Kelly The Galway Races Singer
Street Market In Galway Ireland in 1879
