The Chieftains - Miscellany lyrics

As I rode down to Galway town to seek for recreation On the seventeenth of August me mind being elevated There were multitudes a**embled with their tickets at the station Me eyes began to dazzle and I'm goin' to see the races. With your whack-fa-the-da-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 your whack-fa-the-da-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 your whack-fa-the-da-for-the-diddle-ee-iddle-day. With your whack-fa-the-da-for-the-diddle-ee-iddle-day.