Spanish Lady / Holy Ground / Westmeath Bachelor

As I came down through Dublin City

At the hour of twelve at night

Who should I see but the Spanish Lady

Washing her feet by candlelight

First she washed them, then she dried them

Over fire of amber coal

In all my life I ne'er did see

A maid so sweet about the soul

Whack for the too-ra loo-ra laddie

Whack for the too-ra loo-ra lay

Whack for the too-ra loo-ra laddie

Whack for the too-ra loo-ra lay

As I came back through Dublin City

At the hour of half past eight

Who should I spy but the Spanish Lady

Brushing her hair in the broad daylight

First she tossed it, then she brushed it

All her life was a silver comb

In all my life I ne'er did see

A maid so fair since I did roam

Whack for the too-ra loo-ra laddie

Whack for the too-ra loo-ra lay

Whack for the too-ra loo-ra laddie

Whack for the too-ra loo-ra lay

Fare thee well, my lovely Dinah

A thousand times adieu

For we're going away from holy ground

And the girls we all love true

We will sail the salt seas over

And then return for shore

And still I live in hope to see

The holy ground once more

You're the girl I do adore

And still I live in hope to see

The holy ground once more

I am the 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 live a single life

Sure that's the reason why I don't intend to take a wife

With the red stuff on her fingernails

And the varnish on her toes

The rattle on her old face

And the white wash on her nose

She'll get a fancy barber to shave her neck or head

Sure that's why I'm a bachelor and I don't intend to wed

Last Thursday at the markets in the town of Mullingar

A friend he introduced me to a famous movie star

She'd been married several times before

To men of every creed

She thought she'd found a sucker

In the bachelor from Westmeath

With the red stuff on her fingernails

And the varnish on her toes

The rattle on her old face

And the white wash on her nose

She'll get a fancy barber to shave her neck or head

Sure that's why I'm a bachelor and I don't intend to wed

Sure that's why I'm a bachelor and I don't intend to wed