Our Man in Europe/Belize, Dave Delacroix (a.k.a. David Michael Oxley on Facebook): "The Mariachi."

 Our Man in Europe/Belize, Dave Delacroix: "The Mariachi."

(This Canzone can only be sung/played after imbibing 10 pints of Guinness, 5 decent whiskies but leaving ROOM for a light salad.)

"IL MARIACHI!"

....A-feared of the Devil, more a-feared of God

to wash all your sins away?

All sins cast long shadows, SO -leave soonest

tomorrow, a clean slate today.

(Chorus;) All U 6-string complainers

U barrack-room minstrels,

The Mariachi alone on the road?

The Cantina solo: "O sole mio!"

A weeping guitar: that Song plucked out

of your Soul.

And singing Love's story, the power & glory

expecting to rain on your parade?

A tie round your neck, a ribbon in your hair,

Love's Dances, the echo, the sound faraway.

All U 6-string complainers

U barrack-room minstrels,

the Mariachi alone on the road?

The cantina Solo "O sole mio",

a weeping guitar, that Song

plucked out of your Soul.

(middle-8:) Begone! Begone!

MEMORIES-begone! This Maestro

weeping a-wail?

I'll go no more a-roving

the turn of a Song;

Begone Begone -I say.

....All U 6-string complainers

U barrack-room minstrels

"IL MARIACHI" -alone on the road?

The cantina Solo, "O sole mio",

a weeping guitar; a Song

plucked out of your Soul...

c.2025, Dave Delacroix.