Chords for The Dubliners ~ The Galway Races

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Timmy Whack, Pall the Dew, Pall the Dimmery, Idle-ay!
_ And as I roved out through Galway Town to seek for recreation,
On [Am] the 17th of August, [G] me mind been [C] elevated,
There were multitudes assembled [Am] with their tickets [C] at the station,
And me eyes began to dazzle, and [Am] they go on to see the races,
Timmy Whack, Pall the Dew, Pall the Dimmery, Idle-ay!
_ There [C] were passengers from Limerick, and passengers from [Am] Neenah,
Passengers from Dublin, [G] and scores from Fronty [C] Prairie,
There were passengers from Kerry, [Am] and all quarters [C] of the nation,
And our member Mr.
Haw, he [Am] fought to joy in the Galway Blazers,
Timmy Whack, Pall the Dew, Pall the Dimmery, [Am] Idle-ay!
_ _ [C] There were multitudes from Arran, and members from Newquay,
[Am] Sure the boys of Connemara, [G] and the Clare [C] unmarried maidens,
People from Cork City [Am] who were loyal, [C] true and faithful,
They brought home the Fenian prisoners [Am] from thangin' foreign nations,
Timmy Whack, Pall the Dew, Pall the Dimmery, Idle-ay! _ _
[C] And mist there you see confectioners with chevers, sticks and [Am] dainties,
The lozenges and [G] oranges, the [C] lemonade and raisins,
_ Gingerbread and spices [Am] to accommodate the [C] ladies,
And the big crew been fuss rubbin', steppy suckin' while they're able,
Timmy Whack, Pall the Dew, Pall the Dimmery, Idle-ay!
_ _ _ [C] And mist there you see the gamblers, the pimples and the garters,
[Am] And the sporting wheel of fortune [G] with the four and [C] twenty quarters,
There was others without struple [Am] pelting, what [C] was that for Maggie?
And our daddy well contented [Am] to be gawking at his daughter,
Timmy Whack, Pall the Dew, Pall the Dimmery, Idle-ay! _ _
[C] And mist there you see the pipers and the fiddlers competing,
[Am] The nimble-footed dancers [G] and the chippin' and [C] the daisies,
There was others shouting cigars [Am] and lightning bills [C] for all the races,
With the colours of the jockey [Am] and the price of horses,
Hey, just Timmy Whack, Pall the Dew, Pall the Dimmery, Idle-ay!
_ _ _ [C] And mist there you see the jockeys and they mounted on so stately,
[Am] The pink, the blue, the orange and [G] green, the emblem [C] of our nation,
When the bell was rung for starting [Am] all the horses [C] seemed impatient,
I thought they never stood on [Am] ground as speed was so amazing,
Timmy Whack, Pall the Dew, Pall the Dimmery, Idle-ay! _ _ _
[C] There was half a million people there of all denominations, _
[Am] The Catholic, the Protestant, [G] the Jew and [C] Presbyterian,
There was yet no animosity, [Am] no matter [C] what persuasion,
But by a genospitality [Am] inducing Mr.
Paisley,
Timmy Whack, Pall the Dew, Pall the Dimmery, Idle-ay!
And Timmy Whack, Pall the Dew, Pall the Dimmery, Idle-ay!
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