Westmeath Bachelor

Joe Dolan

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[Verse] Oh I am a Westmeath bachelor and my age is sixty-three I don’t intend to marry or to raise a family. I’m happy and contented just to lead a single life And that’s the reason why I don’t intend to take a wife. [Chorus] With the red stuff on her finger-nails and varnish on her toes The red around her auld visage and the whitewash on her nose She can get a fancy barber to shave her neck and head And that’s why I’m a bachelor and I don’t intend to wed. [Verse] Last Thursday at the market in the town of Mullingar. A friend he introduced me to a famous movie star. She’d was married several times before to men of every creed And she thought she had found a sucker in the bachelor from Westmeath. [Chorus] With the red stuff on her fingernails and the varnish on her toes The red around her auld visage and the whitewash on her nose She can get a fancy barber to shave her neck and head Sure that’s why I’m a bachelor and don’t intend to wed. [Verse] Now I’m living with me brother and his little cat and dog I’m earning seven and six a week a-working on the bog Why should I change this life of ease for one of struggle and strife And that’s the reason why I never took a wife. [Chorus] With the red stuff on her fingernails and the varnish on her toes The red around her auld visage and the whitewash on her nose She can get a fancy barber to shave her neck and head Sure that’s why I’m a bachelor and don’t intend to wed. Sung by Joe DOLAN in the 1960’s/ 1970’s (by Bill Whelan Castletown-Geoghegan song writer)

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La chanson évoque la vie d’un homme de soixante-trois ans qui a choisi de rester célibataire, heureux dans sa vie sans attaches. Il décrit les plaisirs de son existence tranquille, préférant la simplicité et la liberté à la perspective d’un mariage et des responsabilités qui l'accompagnent. Ses réflexions sont ponctuées par une rencontre avec une célèbre actrice qui, malgré son charme, ne le convainc pas de changer sa manière de vivre. L’histoire se déroule en Irlande, dans la région de Westmeath, où cet homme partage son quotidien avec son frère et leurs animaux de compagnie. Loin des complications amoureuses, il trouve contentement dans sa routine, tout en observant avec amusement les artifices et les vanités de celles qui cherchent à attirer l’attention des hommes.

Le Chansonnier