Elektra asked for the lyrics to this song well hidden in another thread. Here are the lyrics copied & pasted from http://celtic-otter.com/Ballads/Ballads3.html#The Galway Races:

The Galway Races

As I rode to Galway Town to seek for recreation,
On the 17th of August, me mind being elevated,
There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station,
My eyes began to dazzle and I'm going to see the races,

Chorus
With me Whack, Fol-da-da,
Fol-da-diddly-ida- day.

There were passengers from Limerick and more from Tipperary,
Boys from Connemara and a flair of married ladies,
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 likes, and bills for all the races,
With the colours of the jockeys and the price 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 persausion,
But sportsman hospitality and induce fresh aquaitance.

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