Galway Races
The High Kings
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With meC G Am whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye And with meC G Am whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Verse 1]C As I rode down to Galway town to seek for recreationAm On the seventeenth of August meG C mind being elevatedAm G There were multitudes assembledAm Em with their tickets at the stationC Me eyes began to dazzle and I'mAm G Am goin' to see the races [Chorus] With meC G Am whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Verse 2]C There were passengers from Limerick and more from TipperaryAm G Boys from Connemara and the ClaireC unmarried maidensAm G There were people from Cork cityAm Em who were loyal, true and faithful;C Who brought home the FenianAm G prisoners from dying in foreignAm nationsContinúa después del anuncio[Chorus] With meC G Am whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Verse 3]C It's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competingAm And the spotting Wheel of FortuneG C with the four and twenty quartersAm G There was others without scrupleAm Em pelting wattles at poor MaggieC And her father well-contented andAm G Am he lookin' at his daughter [Chorus] With yourC G Am whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Verse 4]C It's there you'll see the jockeys and they're mounted out so statelyAm The pink, the blue, the orange, andG C green, the emblem of our nationAm G When the bell was rung forAm Em starting, all the horses seemed impatientC I thought they never stood onAm G Am ground their speed was so amazing [Chorus] With yourC G Am whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Solo]C Am G C Am G Am Em C Am G Am C G Am [Verse 5]C There was half a million people there from all denominationsAm The Catholic, the Protestant, theG C Jew, and PresbyterianAm G There was yet no animosity, noAm Em matter what persuasionC Am But "failte" hospitality inducin'G Am fresh acquaintance [Chorus] With meC G Am whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye With meC G Am whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye