Melodia piosenki pochodzi z XIX wieku. Opisuje słynne w całej Irlandii i nie tylko wyścigi, pierwotnie chartów, później również konne. Na początku sierpnia, kiedy impreza ta się rozpoczyna do Galway ściągają tłumy żądnych rozrywki i odrobiny hazardu Irlandczyków.

Aranżacja: Autor nieznany
znane wykonania:
Noel McLoughlin
20 Best of Ireland, ARC 1995
The Dubliners
A Night Out with..., BMG 1999
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The Galway Races

As I rode down to Galway town to seek for recreation
On the seventeenth of August my mind was elevated,
There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station.
My eyes begann to dazzle and them going to to see the races.

With me whack foldeda folde dithery idle day.

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

There were multitudes from Aran and members from New Quay Shore,
The boys from Connemara and the Clare unmarried maidens.
There were people from Cork city, who were loyal, true and faithful,
That brought home the Fenian prisoners from dying in foreign nations.

There was half a million people there of all denominations,
The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew and Presbyterian,
There was yet no animosity, no matter what persuasion,
But fáilte and hospitality inducing fresh aquaintance.