C        G           Am
With me whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye
              C        G           Am
And with me whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye


[Verse 1]
C
As I rode down to Galway town to seek for recreation
            Am                    G            C
On the seventeenth of August me mind being elevated
                Am         G                   Am            Em
There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station
      C                           Am       G        Am
Me eyes began to dazzle and I'm goin' to see the races


[Chorus]
              C        G           Am
With me whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye


[Verse 2]
C
There were passengers from Limerick and more from Tipperary
 Am                           G                C
Boys from Connemara and the Claire unmarried maidens
                Am           G              Am            Em
There were people from Cork city who were loyal, true and faithful;
      C                                     Am       G        Am
Who brought home the Fenian prisoners from dying in foreign nations


[Chorus]
              C        G           Am
With me whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye


[Verse 3]
C
It's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing
            Am                              G               C
And the spotting Wheel of Fortune with the four and twenty quarters
            Am            G                Am            Em
There was others without scruple pelting wattles at poor Maggie
         C                           Am       G        Am
And her father well-contented and he lookin' at his daughter


[Chorus]
              C        G           Am
With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye


[Verse 4]
C
It's there you'll see the jockeys and they're mounted out so stately
    Am                                           G            C
The pink, the blue, the orange, and green, the emblem of our nation
          Am                G                   Am            Em
When the bell was rung for starting, all the horses seemed impatient
      C                                     Am       G    Am
I thought they never stood on ground their speed was so amazing


[Chorus]
              C        G           Am
With your whack-fa-la-do-for-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                    G            C
The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew, and Presbyterian
           Am        G          Am            Em
There was yet no animosity, no matter what persuasion
      C                    Am       G        Am
But "failte" hospitality inducin' fresh acquaintance


[Chorus]
              C        G           Am
With me whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye
              C        G           Am
With me whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye