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Thread #14585   Message #126011
Posted By: MudGuard
20-Oct-99 - 04:13 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Westmeath Bachelor
Subject: Lyr Add: WESTMEATH BACHELOR
Hi all!

I tried to transcribe the song Westmeath Bachelor from a recording, but I ran into some problems.
Can anyone help with the missing parts (...) and those where I just wrote down what I think I heard (the rest of the red places).

TIA,
MudGuard


Westmeath Bachelor

Oh I am a Westmeath bachelor, my age is sixtythree
I don't intend to marry or raise a family
I'm happy and contented to lead a single life
And that's the reason why I don't intend to take a wife.

Chorus

With the wretch upon her fingernails and varnish on her toes
Carable on her out to soap whitewash on her nose
She can get a fancy biper/wiper to shave her neck or head
Well that's why I'm a bachelor and I don't intend to wed.
I'm living with my brother and his little cats and dog
I'm earning seven and six a week for burglaring??? on the bog
Why should I change this life of ease for one of trouble and strife
And that's the reason why I don't intend to take a wife.

Last thursday after market in the town of Mullingar
Joe Dolan ... to a famous movie star
She'd been married several times before to men of different treats
And she thought she'd have her supper in the bachelor ... suite