don alfonso
Mike Oldfield Lyrics


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Now I'm A Toreador
I Am For Sure
I Kill Bulls By The Score
And Sometimes More
And When They Hear The Bell Ring
Inside The Bullring
The Bullocks All Start Trembling
They Know I'm Coming

I'm Don Alfonso
Some Call Me Pedro
But That Is Not So
I'm Don Alfonso
I Fought Bullocks Out In Sunny Spain
Out In Sunny Spain
I Fought Bulls In The Sunshine
And I Fought Them In The Rain
I'm Don Alfonso
I Work For Oxo
And All The Bullocks Are Affraid Of Me
Oh My Sword I Pull
Kill Si Bull
Yes Sir Yes Sir Three Bags Full
Then We Have Steak And Chips For Tea

I Met A Sweet Señora
In Barcelona
Her Christian Name Was Mona
She Was Thumbs Up Bona
She Told Me She Was Single
That Made Me Tingle
My Heart Went Jingle Jingle
I Said: Let's Mingle

I'm Don Alfonso
Some Call Me Pedro
But That Is Not So
I'm Don Alfonso
I Fought Bullocks Out In Sunny Spain
Out In Sunny Spain
I Fought Bulls In The Sunshine
And I Fought Bulls In The Rain
I'm Don Alfonso
I Work For Oxo
And All The Bullocks Are Affraid Of Me
Oh My Sword I Pull
Kill Si Bull
Yes Sir Yes Sir Three Bags Full
Then We Have Fully Beff For Tea
(Repeat Two Times)

I Fight Bulls Every Sunday
And Sometimes Monday
And When I Fight On Sunday
We've Cold Meat Monday
We Have Meat Hash On Tuesday
Sometimes Hashed Wednesday
We Don't Eat Meat On Friday
We Wait Till Sunday

I'm Don Alfonso
Some Call Me Pedro
But That Is Not So
I'm Don Alfonso
I Fought Bullocks Out In Sunny Spain
Out In Sunny Spain
I Fought Bulls In The Sunshine
And We Fought Bulls In The Rain
I'm Don Alfonso
I Work For Oxo
And All The Bullocks Are Affraid Of Me
Oh My Sword I Pull
Kill Si Bull




Yes Sir Yes Sir Three Bags Full
Then We Have Ham And Eggs For Tea

Overall Meaning

In "Don Alfonso," Mike Oldfield portrays the character of an illustrious toreador who has achieved immense fame due to his battles with bulls in Spain. The first stanza of the song emphasizes his exceptional talent in slaying bulls, employing his sharp sword. When the bulls hear the sound of his bell ringing inside the bullring, they tremble with fear because they know that Don Alfonso is approaching. The second stanza highlights his identity as Don Alfonso, also known as Pedro. He boasts of fighting bulls in all weather conditions in Spain and that he is employed by Oxo. The third stanza introduces Mona, a sweet señora he met in Barcelona, and he is attracted to her.


The song revolves around Don Alfonso's life, his glorious past, and his daily diet as a toreador. Oldfield narrates Don Alfonso's life as a fighting legend, describing his character as fearless and fearsome at the same time. Even though he loves Mona, he is more in love with his life as a torero. The repetition of the same lines throughout the whole song emphasizes the main character's dominant personality, bravery, and prowess when it comes to bullfighting.


Line by Line Meaning

Now I'm A Toreador
I am now a bullfighter.


I Am For Sure
I'm certain of my abilities.


I Kill Bulls By The Score
I win against many bulls.


And Sometimes More
On occasion, I defeat even more.


And When They Hear The Bell Ring
Once the signal sounds,


Inside The Bullring
Inside the arena,


The Bullocks All Start Trembling
The bulls become fearful.


They Know I'm Coming
They know I will fight them.


I'm Don Alfonso
My name is Don Alfonso.


Some Call Me Pedro
Some mistakenly call me Pedro.


But That Is Not So
But that is not my name.


I Fought Bullocks Out In Sunny Spain
I fought bulls in Spain.


Out In Sunny Spain
In a sunny location of Spain.


And I Fought Them In The Sunshine
I battled them on sunny days.


And I Fought Them In The Rain
But also in the rain.


I Work For Oxo
I am employed by Oxo.


And All The Bullocks Are Affraid Of Me
All the bulls are afraid of me.


Oh My Sword I Pull
I draw my sword.


Kill Si Bull
I will kill the bull.


Yes Sir Yes Sir Three Bags Full
I am successful in my task.


Then We Have Steak And Chips For Tea
Afterward, I eat a meal.


I Met A Sweet Señora
I met a charming woman.


In Barcelona
In the city of Barcelona.


Her Christian Name Was Mona
Her first name was Mona.


She Was Thumbs Up Bona
She was excellent.


She Told Me She Was Single
She said she was unmarried.


That Made Me Tingle
I felt excited.


My Heart Went Jingle Jingle
I became happy.


I Said: Let's Mingle
I suggested we spend time together.


I Fight Bulls Every Sunday
I battle against bulls each Sunday.


And Sometimes Monday
Sometimes on Mondays too.


We've Cold Meat Monday
We eat cold meat on Mondays.


We Have Meat Hash On Tuesday
We have meat hash on Tuesdays.


Sometimes Hashed Wednesday
On occasion, we eat hashed meals on Wednesdays too.


We Don't Eat Meat On Friday
We abstain from meat on Fridays.


We Wait Till Sunday
Then we eat meat again on Sundays.


And We Fought Bulls In The Rain
I battled them on rainy days too.


Then We Have Ham And Eggs For Tea
Again, I eat a meal afterward.




Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: MIKE OLDFIELD

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Comments from YouTube:

Elton Laleham

Mike Oldfield is a superb musician in billions of ways

Zvi Weiss

How right you are!

Mannizilla

It's a funny song, but the guitar playing is brilliant (as always).

Joseph Winters Music

Couldn't agree more!

chrisq78

East or West Mike is THE BEST!!! :) Szkoda że to nie jego autorstwa :)

Steven McBrien

Woah... been searching for the longer take of this... thank you for uploading this gem! :)

Renato De Blasi

Mike Oldfield, genio ma mai apprezzato.Ha pagato la sua timidezza e il suo non apparire

Infidel Castro

Thank you. As an Oldfield collector it’s great to hear this. Seems there’s a slight sound drop-off on the track. Is this down to the rip or is it on the record itself? [I don’t mean to be negative].

Radio Morning Wonder

@Desperate Mohammedan the World's Strongest Arab ah, fair enough. I have both, but no means of playing the 45, so I blame my memory, I haven't heard it for decades. I'm really annoyed that the expanded samplers don't simply start with the original, much-loved tracks and then add the extras: it just isn't the same! (And, obviously, anybody would want gems like the Oldfield 'Alfonso'). BTW, are you aware that there's a version (which he would have been well aware of) on Lol Coxhill's 'Ear Of The Beholder', with David Bedford on piano?

Desperate Mohammedan the World's Strongest Arab

@Radio Morning Wonder I have the 7" which I found in a charity shop a few years back. It contains a shorter edit than this and is missing one verse along with some guitar soloing. The version uploaded here as far as I know was only released on that enjoyable Virgin Records sampler (another charity shop find) and a random Greek compilation CD.

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