When I was young my father said
"son I have something to say"
And what he told me I'll never forget
Until my dyin' day.
He said "son you are a bachelor boy
And that's the way to stay.
Son, you be a bachelor boy until your dyin' day
When I was sixteen I fell in love
With a girl as sweet as could be.
But I remember'd just in time,
What my daddy said to me.
He said "son you are a bachelor boy
And that's the way to stay.
Son, you be a bachelor boy until your dyin' day
As time goes by I propably will
Meet a girl and fall in love
Then I'll get married have a wife and children
And they'll be my turtle doves.
But until then I'll be a bachelor boy and that's the way I'll stay,
Happy to be a bachelor boy,
Until my dyin' day