《The Galway Races(1993 Digital Remaster)》歌词

[00:00:01] The Galway Races (1993 Digital Remaster) - The Dubliners

[00:00:03] And as I rode out through Galway Town to seek for recreation

[00:00:23] On the seventeenth of August me mind being elevated

[00:00:26] There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station

[00:00:30] And me eyes began to dazzle and they're going to see the races

[00:00:34] With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay

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

[00:00:43] Passengers from Dublin and sportsmen from Tipperary

[00:00:46] There were passengers from Kerry and all quarters of the nation

[00:00:51] And our member Mr Hardy for to join the Galway Blazers

[00:00:54] 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

[00:01:09] People from Cork City who were loyal true and faithful

[00:01:11] They brought home the Fenian prisoners from dying in foreign nations

[00:01:14] 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

[00:01:23] The lozenges and oranges the lemonade and raisins

[00:01:25] Gingerbread and spices to accomodate the ladies

[00:01:29] And a big crubeen for thruppence to be suckin' while you're able

[00:01:34] 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

[00:01:44] And the sporting Wheel of Fortune with the four and twenty quarters

[00:01:46] There was others without scruple pelting wattles at poor Maggy

[00:01:48] And her daddy well contented to be gawking at his daughter

[00:01:53] 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

[00:02:04] The nimble-footed dancers and they trippin' on the daisies

[00:02:07] There was others shoutin' cigars and lights and bills for all the races

[00:02:09] With the colours of the jockey and the price and horses' ages

[00:02:12] 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

[00:02:27] When the bell was rung for starting all the horses seemed impatient

[00:02:29] I thought they never stood on ground their speed was so amazing

[00:02:32] With me whack fol the do fol the diddlely idle ay

[00:02:43] There was half a million people there of all denominations

[00:02:45] The Catholic the Protestant the Jew and Presbyterian

[00:02:46] There was yet no animosity no matter what persuasion

[00:02:48] But fáilte and hospitality inducing Mr Paisley

[00:02:50] 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