The Galway Races
As I rode down to Galway town to seek for recreation
On the seventeenth of August my heart was elevated
There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station
Me eyes began to dazzle and I’m going to see the races
With me whack-fa-the-da-for-the-diddle-ee-iddle-day
There were passengers from Limerick and passengers from Nenagh
The boys of Connemara and the flair of married Ladies
There were people from Cork City who were loyal true and faithful
Who brought home the Fenian prisoners from dying in foreign nations
It's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing
The nimble footed dancers a-tripping o’er the daisies
There were others crying cigars and lights and bills for all the races
Colours of the jockeys and the prize and horses' ages.
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.
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's hospitality and induce of fresh acquaintance
As corridas de Galway
Enquanto eu cavalgava para Galway cidade para buscar recreação
Em dezessete de agosto meu coração foi elevada
Havia multidão reunida com os seus bilhetes na estação
Me olhos começaram a brilhar e eu vou ver as corridas
Com me bater-fa-o-da-para-o-diddle-ee-iddle dia
Havia passageiros de Limerick e passageiros de Nenagh
Os meninos de Connemara e do talento de senhoras casadas
Havia pessoas da cidade de Cork que eram leais verdadeiro e fiel
Quem trouxe para casa os presos Fenian de morrer em países estrangeiros
É lá, você verá as flautas e os violinistas concorrentes
Os bailarinos ágeis pés a-trip o'er as margaridas
Havia outros chorando charutos e as luzes e as contas de todas as raças
Cores da jockeys e o prêmio e as idades dos cavalos.
É lá, você verá os jóqueis e eles estão montados de modo imponente
O rosa, o azul, o laranja eo verde, o emblema da nossa nação
Quando o sino tocava para iniciar, todos os cavalos parecia impaciente
Pensei que nunca estava em solo sua velocidade era tão incrível.
Havia meio milhão de pessoas lá de todas as denominações
O católico, o protestante, o judeu, e Presbiteriana
Não havia ainda nenhuma animosidade, não importa o que a persuasão
Mas hospitalidade desportista e induzir de conhecimento fresco