As I roved out through Galway town to seek for recreation On the seventeenth of August, me mind being elevated There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station My eyes began to dazzle and they going to see the race To me whack-fa-the-do-fa the diddle-iddle-a
There were passengers from Limerick and passengers from Nina Passengers from Dublin and sportsmen for Tipperary There were passengers from Kerry and all quarters of the nation And I remember Mr. Haughey for to join the Galway Blazers To me whack-fa-the-do-fa the diddle-iddle-a
There were multitudes Erin and members from New Keeshore The boys of Connemara and the Clare unmarried maidens People from Cork City who where loyal true and faithful They brought home the Feinian prisoners from dying and foreign nations To me whack-fa-the-do-fa the diddle-iddle-a
And it's there you'll see confectioners with sugar sticks and dainties Lozenges and oranges and lemonade and raisins Gingerbread and spices to accommodate the ladies And big crubeen three pence to be sucking while you're able To me whack-fa-the-do-fa the diddle-iddle-a
It's there you'll see the gamblers, the thimbles and the garters The sporting wheel of fortune with four and twenty quarters And others without scruples pelting wattles at poor Maggie And her daddy well contented to be gazing at his daughter To me whack-fa-the-do-fa the diddle-iddle-a
It's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing The nimble-footed dancers, a-tripping on the daisies There were others shouting cigars and likes and bills for all the races With colors of the jockeys and the price and horses ages To me whack-fa-the-do-fa the diddle-iddle-a
It's there you'll see the jockey, and they're mounted out so stately The pink, the blue, the orange, the emblem of our nation When the bell was rung for starting, all the horses seemed impatient I thought they never stood on ground, their speed was so amazing To me whack-fa-the-do-fa the diddle-iddle-a
There was half a million people there, from all denominations The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew and Presbyterian There was yet no animosity, no matter what persuasion But sportsman hospitality inducing Mr. Paisley With me whack-fa-the-do-fa the diddle-iddle-aTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
