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Song Lyrics

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.

Chorus: With your whack-fa-the-da-for-the-diddle-ee-iddle-day.

There were passengers from Limerick and passengers from Nenagh
And passengers from Dublin and sportsmen from Tipperary
There were passengers from Kerry, and all quarters of our nation
And our member, Mr. Hearst, for to join the Galway Blazers.

There were multitudes from Aran, and members from New Quay Shore
Boys from Connemara and the Claire unmarried maidens
There were people from Cork city who were loyal, true and faithful;
Who brought home the Fenian prisoners from diverse foreign nations.

It's there you'll see confectioners with sugarsticks and dainties
The lozenges and oranges, the lemonade and raisins!
The gingerbread and spices to accomodate the ladies
And a big crubeen for thruppence to be pickin' while you're able.

It's there you'll see the gamblers, the thimbles and the garters
And the spotting Wheel of Fortune with the four and twenty quarters
There was others without scruple pelting wattles at poor Maggy
And her father well-contented and he lookin' at his daughter.

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.

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 "failte" and hospitality inducin' fresh acquaintance.

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Release History

The The Dubliners song "The Galway Races" appears on the following albums:
Original Dubliners 1966-1969
26 March 1996

Original Dubliners 1966-1969

  1. Seven Drunken Nights (3:18)
  2. The Piper's Chair / Bill Hart's Jig / The Nights of St. Patrick (1:59)
  3. Darby O'Leary (2:42)
  4. The Galway Races (3:20)
  5. All For Me Grog (2:25)
  6. The Old Alarm Clock (1:59)
  7. Colonel Fraser & O'Rourke's Reel (2:38)
  8. Cork Hornpipe (2:05)
  9. Peggy Gordon (3:27)
  10. The Rising Of The Moon (2:38)
  11. Maid Of The Sweet Brown Knowe (2:04)
  12. McCafferty (2:29)
  13. I'm A Rover (4:52)
  14. Quare Bungle Rye (2:34)
  15. Flop Eared Mule (Donkey Reel) (1:47)
  16. Weila Weila (3:27)
  17. Poor Old Dicey Riley (1:41)
  18. The Travelling People (3:53)
  19. Limerick Rake (3:13)
  20. Whiskey on Sunday (2:23)
  21. Gentleman Soldier (2:08)
  22. Zoological Gardens (2:11)
  23. Navvy Boots (2:29)
  24. The Fairmoye Lasses And Sporting Paddy (1:57)
  25. Black Velvet Band (4:30)
  26. Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man (3:49)
  27. Poor Paddy On The Railway (2:52)
  28. Rattling Roaring Willie (1:49)
  29. Mrs. McGrath (2:21)
  30. Seven Deadly Sins (2:44)
  31. Carolan Concerto (1:33)
  32. Net Hauling Song (2:13)
  33. Nancy Whiskey (2:38)
  34. The Partin' Glass (2:26)
  35. A Muirsheen Durkin (2:30)
  36. Many Young Men Of Twenty (2:25)
  37. A Nation Once Again (2:44)
  38. Paddy's Gone to France / Skylark (2:04)
  39. Molly Bawn (3:13)
  40. Whiskey In The Jar (2:48)
  41. The Dundee Weaver (1:26)
  42. The Old Triangle (2:02)
  43. A Pub With No Beer (2:28)
  44. The Irish Navy (2:27)
  45. Kelly The Boy From Killan (2:32)
  46. Tibby Dunbar (1:45)
  47. Croppy Boy (2:38)
  48. The Inniskillen Dragoons (3:43)
  49. I Wish I Were Back In Liverpool (4:01)
  50. Sullivan John (3:20)
  51. Come And Join The British Army (1:21)
  52. Go To Sea No More (4:08)
  53. (The Bonny) Shoals of Herring (4:55)
  54. Mormon Braes (2:46)
  55. Drink It Up Men (2:04)
  56. Maloney Wants A Drink (2:15)
Seven Drunken Nights / Seven Deadly Sins
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Seven Drunken Nights / Seven Deadly Sins

  1. Seven Drunken Nights (3:18)
  2. The Galway Races (3:20)
  3. The Old Alarm Clock (1:59)
  4. Colonel Fraser & O'Rourke's Reel (2:38)
  5. The Rising Of The Moon (2:38)
  6. McCafferty (2:29)
  7. I'm A Rover (4:52)
  8. Weila Waile (2:42)
  9. The Travelling People (3:53)
  10. Limerick Rake (3:13)
  11. Zoological Gardens (2:11)
  12. The Fairmoye Lasses And Sporting Paddy (1:57)
  13. Black Velvet Band (4:30)
  14. Poor Paddy On The Railway (2:52)
  15. Seven Deadly Sins (2:44)
  16. Net Hauling Song (2:13)
  17. Nancy Whiskey (2:38)
  18. Many Young Men Of Twenty (2:25)
  19. Instrumental Medley
  20. Paddy's Gone To France
  21. Skylark
  22. Molly Bawn (3:13)
  23. The Dundee Weaver (1:26)
  24. The Irish Navy (2:27)
  25. Tibby Dunbar (1:45)
  26. The Inniskillen Dragoons (3:43)
  27. The Piper's Chair
  28. Bill Hart's Jig
  29. The Nights Of St. Patrick
  30. I Wish I Were Back In Liverpool (4:01)
  31. Darby O'Leary (2:42)
  32. Go To Sea No More (4:08)
The Best Of The Original Dubliners
2003

The Best Of The Original Dubliners

  1. Dirty Old Town (2:52)
  2. I'm A Rover (4:52)
  3. Seven Drunken Nights (3:18)
  4. Black Velvet Band (4:30)
  5. Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man (3:49)
  6. Whiskey In The Jar (Live) (3:13)
  7. Nancy Whiskey (2:38)
  8. The Old Triangle (2:02)
  9. Whiskey In The Jar (2:48)
  10. A Pub With No Beer (2:28)
  11. All For Me Grog (2:25)
  12. The Galway Races (3:20)
  13. Peggy Gordon (Live) (3:45)
  14. Seven Deadly Sins (2:44)
  15. The Rising Of The Moon (2:38)
  16. Black Velvet Band (Live) (4:10)
  17. I Wish I Were Back In Liverpool (4:01)
  18. The Irish Navy (2:27)
  19. A Nation Once Again (2:44)
  20. Net Hauling Song (2:13)
  21. The Bonny Boy (3:30)
  22. The Battle Of The Somme / Freedom Come All Ye (4:51)
  23. The Fairmoye Lasses And Sporting Paddy (1:57)
  24. The Partin' Glass (2:26)
  25. Maid Of The Sweet Brown Knowe (2:04)
  26. Poor Paddy On The Railway (2:52)
  27. Smith Of Bristol (2:32)
  28. Kelly The Boy From Killan (2:32)
  29. Molly Maguires (Live) (2:19)
  30. Tibby Dunban (1:46)
  31. Lowlands Of Holland (2:16)
  32. McAlpine's Fusiliers (Live) (2:56)
  33. The Leavin' Of Liverpool (Live) (6:15)
  34. Greenland Whale Fishery (3:09)
  35. The Beggarman (2:35)
  36. The Breeze (Live) (2:23)
  37. Alabama 58 (2:58)
  38. Biddy Mulligan (2:01)
  39. Rattling Roaring Willie (1:49)
  40. School Days Over (3:04)
  41. The Musical Priest / Blackthorn Stick (2:38)
  42. The Night Visiting Song (3:29)
  43. Cork Hornpipe (Live) (2:05)
  44. Louse House In Kilkenny (3:12)
  45. Navvy Boots (Live) (2:47)
  46. Champion At Keeping Them Rolling (2:46)
  47. Mrs. McGrath (2:21)
  48. Poor Old Dicey Riley (1:41)
  49. I Know My Love (2:49)
  50. Seven Drunken Nights (Live) (3:41)
  51. Whiskey On A Sunday (2:22)
The Definitive Dubliners: 33 of Their Greatest Hits
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The Definitive Dubliners: 33 of Their Greatest Hits

  1. The Irish Rover (4:08)
  2. The Wild Rover (2:52)
  3. Seven Drunken Nights (3:18)
  4. The Holy Ground (2:17)
  5. The Mountain Dew (2:19)
  6. The Town I Loved So Well (6:24)
  7. Raglan Road (5:47)
  8. The Marino Waltz (2:39)
  9. Many Young Men Of Twenty (2:25)
  10. Whiskey In The Jar (2:48)
  11. The Pariot Game (4:18)
  12. The Rocky Road To Dublin (2:38)
  13. Dublin in the Rare Old Times (5:31)
  14. Scorn Not His Simplicity (2:57)
  15. Dicey Riley (1:43)
  16. The Sea Around Us (3:18)
  17. Mcalpine's Fusiliers (3:41)
  18. Mrs. McGrath (2:21)
  19. Peggy Gordon (3:27)
  20. Roisin Dubh (4:01)
  21. The Auld Triangle (4:00)
  22. The Foggy Dew (3:23)
  23. Dirty Old Town (2:52)
  24. Weila Waila (3:27)
  25. Seven Deadly Sins (2:44)
  26. Zoological Gardens (2:11)
  27. All For Me Grog (2:25)
  28. The Leaving Of Liverpool (4:44)
  29. A Song for Ireland (4:43)
  30. The Galway Races (3:20)
  31. Black Velvet Band (4:30)
  32. Finnegan's Wake (3:12)
  33. The Rising Of The Moon (2:38)
Whiskey in the Jar
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Whiskey in the Jar

  1. I'm A Rover (4:52)
  2. Seven Drunken Nights (3:18)
  3. Whiskey In The Jar (2:48)
  4. The Fairmore Lasses and Sporting Paddy (1:57)
  5. The Galway Races (3:20)
  6. Weila Waila (3:27)
  7. Black Velvet Band (4:30)
  8. Limerick Rake (3:13)
  9. The Old Alarm Clock (1:59)
  10. Net Hauling Song (2:13)
  11. Seven Deadly Sins (2:44)
  12. The Rising Of The Moon (2:38)
  13. Many Young Men Of Twenty (2:25)
  14. Poor Paddy On The Railway (2:52)
  15. Whiskey On A Sunday (2:22)
  16. Maloney Wants A Drink (2:15)
  17. Mrs. McGrath (2:21)
  18. Nancy Whiskey (2:38)
  19. Croppy Boy (2:38)
  20. Darby O'Leary (2:42)
  21. The Partin' Glass (2:26)
  22. Come And Join The British Army (1:21)
  23. Maid Of The Sweet Brown Knowe (2:04)
  24. (The Bonny) Shoals of Herring (4:55)
  25. Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man (3:49)
  26. Mormon Braes (2:46)
  27. Quare Bungle Rye (2:34)
  28. Poor Old Dicey Riley (1:41)
  29. The Dundee Weaver (1:26)
  30. Tibby Dunbar (1:45)
  31. A Muirsheen Durkin (2:30)
  32. I Wish I Were Back In Liverpool (4:01)
  33. The Inniskillen Dragoons (3:43)
  34. Go To Sea No More (4:08)
  35. McCafferty (2:29)
  36. Peggy Gordon (3:27)
  37. All For Me Grog (2:25)
  38. Kelly The Boy From Killan (2:32)
  39. The Travelling People (3:53)
  40. A Nation Once Again (2:44)
  41. Gentleman Soldier (2:08)
  42. Molly Bawn (3:13)

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