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The Westmeath Bachelor Lyrics And Guitar Chords

Unknown author, recorded by Joe Dolan from Mullingar and Foster And Allen. An Irish folk song.
I placed most of the lyrics and chords for Joe Dolan in the country music section on the site.
Joe Dolan lyrics for The Westmeath Bachelor
[C]O I am a Westmeath [C7]bachelor and my [F]age is sixty-[C]three
I don't [G7]intend to marry or to raise a [C]family. 
[C]I'm happy and conten[C7]ted just to [F]lead a single [C]life, 
And [G7]that's the reason why I don't intend to [C]take a wife.
 
 
[C]With the red stuff on her [C7]finger nails and[F] varnish on her [C]toes, 
Red [G7]around her old fizzog and the whitewash on[C] her nose, 
[C]She can get a fancy [C7]barber to ]F]shave her neck and [C]head, 
And [G7]that's why I'm a bachelor and I don't intend [C]to wed.
 
 
Last Thursday at the market in the town of Mullingar 
A friend, he introduced me to a famous movie star, 
She was married several times before to men of every breed, 
And she thought she had a sucker in the bachelor from Westmeath!
 
 
Now I'm living with me brother and his little cat and dog, 
I'm earning seven and six a week while working on the bog. 
Why should I change my life of ease to one of struggle and strife, 
And that's another reason why I never took a wife!
 

​Guitar chords for the key of G Major
[G]O I am a Westmeath [G7]bachelor and my [C]age is sixty-[G]three
I don't [D7]intend to marry or to raise a [G]family. 
[G]I'm happy and conten[G7]ted just to [C]lead a single [G]life, 
And [D7]that's the reason why I don't intend to [G]take a wife.
 
 
[G]With the red stuff on her [G7]finger nails and[C] varnish on her [G]toes, 
Red [D7]around her old fizzog and the whitewash on[G] her nose, 
[G]She can get a fancy [G7]barber to [C]shave her neck and [G]head, 

There are other song lyrics here relating to the midlands town of Mullingar ,
One such is The Reason I Left Mullingar Lyrics which was covered by
The Furey Brothers with Davy Arthur.

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