Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant / The Rocky Road to Dublin / The Galway Races
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As I was walking down the road
A feeling fine and larky oh
A recruiting sergeant came up to me
Says he, "You'd look fine in khaki, oh
For the King he is in need of men
Come read this proclamation oh
A life in Flanders for you then
Would be a fine vacation oh"
"That may be so," says I to him
"But tell me sergeant dearie-oh
If I had a pack stuck upon my back
Would I look fine and cheerie oh?"
For they'd have you train and drill until
They had you one of the Frenchies oh
It may be warm in Flanders
But it's draughty in the trenches oh
The sergeant smiled and winked his eye
His smile was most provoking oh
He twiddled and twirled his wee mustache
Says he, "I know you're only joking oh
For the sandbags are so warm and high
The wind you won't feel blowing oh"
Well I winked at a cailin passing by
Says I, what if it's snowing oh
Come rain or hail or wind or snow
I'm not going out to Flanders oh
There's fighting in Dublin to be done
Let your sergeants and your commanders go
Let Englishmen fight English wars
It's nearly time they started oh
I saluted the sergeant a very good night
And there and then we parted oh
As I went down to Galway Town
To seek for recreation
On the seventeenth of August
Me mind being elevated
There were passengers assembled
With their tickets at the station
And me eyes began to dazzle
And they off to see the races
With me wack fol the do fol
The diddle idle day
There were passengers from Limerick
And passengers from Nenagh
The boys of Connemara
And the Clare unmarried maiden
There were people from Cork City
Who were loyal, true and faithful
Who brought home the Fenian prisoners
From dying in foreign nations
And it's there you'll see the pipers
And the fiddlers competing
And the sporting wheel of fortune
And the four and twenty quarters
And there's others without scruple
Pelting wattles at poor Maggie
And her father well contented
And he gazing at his daughter
And it's there you'll see the jockeys
And they mounted on so stably
The pink, the blue, the orange, and green
The colors of our nation
The time it came for starting
All the horses seemed impatient
Their feet they hardly touched the ground
The speed was so amazing!
There was half a million people there
Of all denominations
The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew, the Presbyterian
Yet there was no animosity
No matter what persuasion
But failte hospitality
Inducing fresh acquaintance
A feeling fine and larky oh
A recruiting sergeant came up to me
Says he, "You'd look fine in khaki, oh
For the King he is in need of men
Come read this proclamation oh
A life in Flanders for you then
Would be a fine vacation oh"
"That may be so," says I to him
"But tell me sergeant dearie-oh
If I had a pack stuck upon my back
Would I look fine and cheerie oh?"
For they'd have you train and drill until
They had you one of the Frenchies oh
It may be warm in Flanders
But it's draughty in the trenches oh
The sergeant smiled and winked his eye
His smile was most provoking oh
He twiddled and twirled his wee mustache
Says he, "I know you're only joking oh
For the sandbags are so warm and high
The wind you won't feel blowing oh"
Well I winked at a cailin passing by
Says I, what if it's snowing oh
Come rain or hail or wind or snow
I'm not going out to Flanders oh
There's fighting in Dublin to be done
Let your sergeants and your commanders go
Let Englishmen fight English wars
It's nearly time they started oh
I saluted the sergeant a very good night
And there and then we parted oh
As I went down to Galway Town
To seek for recreation
On the seventeenth of August
Me mind being elevated
There were passengers assembled
With their tickets at the station
And me eyes began to dazzle
And they off to see the races
With me wack fol the do fol
The diddle idle day
There were passengers from Limerick
And passengers from Nenagh
The boys of Connemara
And the Clare unmarried maiden
There were people from Cork City
Who were loyal, true and faithful
Who brought home the Fenian prisoners
From dying in foreign nations
And it's there you'll see the pipers
And the fiddlers competing
And the sporting wheel of fortune
And the four and twenty quarters
And there's others without scruple
Pelting wattles at poor Maggie
And her father well contented
And he gazing at his daughter
And it's there you'll see the jockeys
And they mounted on so stably
The pink, the blue, the orange, and green
The colors of our nation
The time it came for starting
All the horses seemed impatient
Their feet they hardly touched the ground
The speed was so amazing!
There was half a million people there
Of all denominations
The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew, the Presbyterian
Yet there was no animosity
No matter what persuasion
But failte hospitality
Inducing fresh acquaintance
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:01.15] As I was walking down the road
[00:17.64] A feeling fine and larky oh
[00:19.22] A recruiting sergeant came up to me
[00:21.25] Says he, "You'd look fine in khaki, oh
[00:23.10] For the King he is in need of men
[00:25.98] Come read this proclamation oh
[00:27.66] A life in Flanders for you then
[00:29.59] Would be a fine vacation oh"
[00:31.64] "That may be so," says I to him
[00:35.28] "But tell me sergeant dearie-oh
[00:37.22] If I had a pack stuck upon my back
[00:39.15] Would I look fine and cheerie oh?"
[00:41.06] For they'd have you train and drill until
[00:44.02] They had you one of the Frenchies oh
[00:45.76] It may be warm in Flanders
[00:47.65] But it's draughty in the trenches oh
[00:49.33] The sergeant smiled and winked his eye
[00:53.28] His smile was most provoking oh
[00:55.15] He twiddled and twirled his wee mustache
[00:56.89] Says he, "I know you're only joking oh
[00:58.93] For the sandbags are so warm and high
[01:01.75] The wind you won't feel blowing oh"
[01:03.48] Well I winked at a cailin passing by
[01:05.36] Says I, what if it's snowing oh
[01:07.03] Come rain or hail or wind or snow
[01:11.14] I'm not going out to Flanders oh
[01:12.68] There's fighting in Dublin to be done
[01:14.55] Let your sergeants and your commanders go
[01:16.46] Let Englishmen fight English wars
[01:19.27] It's nearly time they started oh
[01:21.13] I saluted the sergeant a very good night
[01:22.81] And there and then we parted oh
[01:28.01] As I went down to Galway Town
[01:29.04] To seek for recreation
[01:29.86] On the seventeenth of August
[01:48.42] Me mind being elevated
[01:49.73] There were passengers assembled
[02:06.13] With their tickets at the station
[02:07.41] And me eyes began to dazzle
[02:08.77] And they off to see the races
[02:10.43] With me wack fol the do fol
[02:11.93] The diddle idle day
[02:13.43] There were passengers from Limerick
[02:14.99] And passengers from Nenagh
[02:16.65] The boys of Connemara
[02:18.39] And the Clare unmarried maiden
[02:21.75] There were people from Cork City
[02:24.99] Who were loyal, true and faithful
[02:26.47] Who brought home the Fenian prisoners
[02:28.18] From dying in foreign nations
[02:28.99] And it's there you'll see the pipers
[02:30.91] And the fiddlers competing
[02:32.43] And the sporting wheel of fortune
[02:34.17] And the four and twenty quarters
[02:35.87] And there's others without scruple
[02:44.06] Pelting wattles at poor Maggie
[02:45.51] And her father well contented
[02:47.05] And he gazing at his daughter
[02:48.52] And it's there you'll see the jockeys
[02:50.27] And they mounted on so stably
[02:51.92] The pink, the blue, the orange, and green
[02:53.46] The colors of our nation
[02:54.98] The time it came for starting
[03:03.13] All the horses seemed impatient
[03:23.19] Their feet they hardly touched the ground
[03:25.36] The speed was so amazing!
[03:27.07] There was half a million people there
[03:28.51] Of all denominations
[03:29.89] The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew, the Presbyterian
[03:31.58] Yet there was no animosity
[03:33.29] No matter what persuasion
[03:41.32] But failte hospitality
[03:42.50] Inducing fresh acquaintance
[03:53.62]
[00:17.64] A feeling fine and larky oh
[00:19.22] A recruiting sergeant came up to me
[00:21.25] Says he, "You'd look fine in khaki, oh
[00:23.10] For the King he is in need of men
[00:25.98] Come read this proclamation oh
[00:27.66] A life in Flanders for you then
[00:29.59] Would be a fine vacation oh"
[00:31.64] "That may be so," says I to him
[00:35.28] "But tell me sergeant dearie-oh
[00:37.22] If I had a pack stuck upon my back
[00:39.15] Would I look fine and cheerie oh?"
[00:41.06] For they'd have you train and drill until
[00:44.02] They had you one of the Frenchies oh
[00:45.76] It may be warm in Flanders
[00:47.65] But it's draughty in the trenches oh
[00:49.33] The sergeant smiled and winked his eye
[00:53.28] His smile was most provoking oh
[00:55.15] He twiddled and twirled his wee mustache
[00:56.89] Says he, "I know you're only joking oh
[00:58.93] For the sandbags are so warm and high
[01:01.75] The wind you won't feel blowing oh"
[01:03.48] Well I winked at a cailin passing by
[01:05.36] Says I, what if it's snowing oh
[01:07.03] Come rain or hail or wind or snow
[01:11.14] I'm not going out to Flanders oh
[01:12.68] There's fighting in Dublin to be done
[01:14.55] Let your sergeants and your commanders go
[01:16.46] Let Englishmen fight English wars
[01:19.27] It's nearly time they started oh
[01:21.13] I saluted the sergeant a very good night
[01:22.81] And there and then we parted oh
[01:28.01] As I went down to Galway Town
[01:29.04] To seek for recreation
[01:29.86] On the seventeenth of August
[01:48.42] Me mind being elevated
[01:49.73] There were passengers assembled
[02:06.13] With their tickets at the station
[02:07.41] And me eyes began to dazzle
[02:08.77] And they off to see the races
[02:10.43] With me wack fol the do fol
[02:11.93] The diddle idle day
[02:13.43] There were passengers from Limerick
[02:14.99] And passengers from Nenagh
[02:16.65] The boys of Connemara
[02:18.39] And the Clare unmarried maiden
[02:21.75] There were people from Cork City
[02:24.99] Who were loyal, true and faithful
[02:26.47] Who brought home the Fenian prisoners
[02:28.18] From dying in foreign nations
[02:28.99] And it's there you'll see the pipers
[02:30.91] And the fiddlers competing
[02:32.43] And the sporting wheel of fortune
[02:34.17] And the four and twenty quarters
[02:35.87] And there's others without scruple
[02:44.06] Pelting wattles at poor Maggie
[02:45.51] And her father well contented
[02:47.05] And he gazing at his daughter
[02:48.52] And it's there you'll see the jockeys
[02:50.27] And they mounted on so stably
[02:51.92] The pink, the blue, the orange, and green
[02:53.46] The colors of our nation
[02:54.98] The time it came for starting
[03:03.13] All the horses seemed impatient
[03:23.19] Their feet they hardly touched the ground
[03:25.36] The speed was so amazing!
[03:27.07] There was half a million people there
[03:28.51] Of all denominations
[03:29.89] The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew, the Presbyterian
[03:31.58] Yet there was no animosity
[03:33.29] No matter what persuasion
[03:41.32] But failte hospitality
[03:42.50] Inducing fresh acquaintance
[03:53.62]