Galway Races - James Brennan (Makem & Clancy cover)

I heard this song on a Makem & Clancy live album years ago and have been a big fan of it ever since! I hope you enjoy my take on it!
🪙 𝓑𝓾𝔂 𝓜𝓮 𝓪 𝓒𝓸𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓮! ☕
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𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓴 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓼𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓸𝓻𝓽!
Enjoy the music! 😃
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𝓖𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓡𝓪𝓬𝓮𝓼 (arr. by Makem & Clancy)
And with me whack-fa-the-dol-for-the-diddle-ee-iddle-day,
And with me whack-fa-the-dol-for-the-diddle-ee-iddle-day!
As I rode down to 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,
Me eyes began to dazzle and I'm goin' to see the races.
With me whack-fa-the-dol-for-the-diddle-ee-iddle-day!
It's there you'll see confectioners with sugar-sticks and dainties,
And lozenges and oranges, and lemonade, and raisins.
And gingerbread and spices to accommodate the ladies,
And a big crubeen for tuppence to be pickin' while you're able.
With me whack-fa-the-dol-for-the-diddle-ee-iddle-day!
It's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing,
The nimble footed dancers a-tripping over the daisies.
There were others crying cigars and lights and bills for all the races,
With the colors of the jockeys and the prize and horses' ages.
With me whack-fa-the-dol-for-the-diddle-ee-iddle-day!
It's there you'll see the jockeys and they're mounted out so stately,
The pink, the blue, the orange, and green, 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.
With me whack-fa-the-dol-for-the-diddle-ee-iddle-day!
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 "failte" and hospitality inducin' fresh acquaintance.
With me whack-fa-the-dol-for-the-diddle-ee-iddle-day,
And with me whack-fa-the-dol-for-the-diddle-ee-iddle-day!
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