[Intro] C G With me whack-fa-la-do-for- Am the-diddle-ee-idle-eye C G And with me whack-fa-la-do-for- Am the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Verse 1] C As I rode down to Galway town to seek for recreation Am On the seventeenth of August G C me mind being elevated Am G There were multitudes assembled Am Em with their tickets at the station C Me eyes began to dazzle and Am G Am I'm goin' to see the races [Chorus] C G With me whack-fa-la-do-for- Am the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Verse 2] C There were passengers from Limerick and more from Tipperary Am Boys from Connemara and G C the Claire unmarried maidens Am G There were people from Cork city Am Em who were loyal, true and faithful; C Who brought home the Fenian prisoners Am G Am from dying in foreign nations
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[Chorus] C G With me whack-fa-la-do-for- Am the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Verse 3] C It's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing Am And the spotting Wheel of Fortune G C with the four and twenty quarters Am G There was others without scruple Am Em pelting wattles at poor Maggie C And her father well-contented Am G Am and he lookin' at his daughter [Chorus] C G With your whack-fa-la-do-for- Am the-diddle-ee-idle-eye [Verse 4] C It's there you'll see the jockeys and they're mounted out so stately Am The pink, the blue, the orange, and green, G C the emblem of our nation Am G When the bell was rung for starting, Am Em all the horses seemed impatient C I thought they never stood on Am G Am ground their speed was so amazing
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[Chorus] C G With your whack-fa-la-do-for- Am 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 denominations Am The Catholic, the Protestant, G C the Jew, and Presbyterian Am G There was yet no animosity, Am Em no matter what persuasion C Am But "failte" hospitality inducin' G Am fresh acquaintance [Chorus] C G With me whack-fa-la-do-for- Am the-diddle-ee-idle-eye C G With me whack-fa-la-do-for- Am the-diddle-ee-idle-eye
