Bachelor's Song

歌詞

All my sacred thoughts I will unfold to all young men are here Young women they are good company to make the boys appear Young women they are good company but I will wed with none And if all young men were of my mind, the girls would walk alone Oh if I were to marry a pretty girl, how happy I would be And if I were to marry a grey old one, the boys would laugh at me And if I were to marry a great big one she'd surely knock me down And small women they are peevish... drink round, my boys, drink round Drink round, my boys, drink round - until it comes to me For the longer that we drink and chat the merrier we'll be Oh here's to the faggot-maker, he sits at home at ease And he goes to work at six o'clock, knocks off whenever he please And he takes his faggot and binds it and throws it on the ground And he takes his twine and twines it; drink round my boys, drink round I owe no debts, I pay no rent, I have none to repine I have no cradle for to rock, no babies for to mind My parents dear they need not dear, for they are laid low down And I mean to lead a single life; drink round, my boys, drink round Oh, the girls they all do wink at me at every town and fair But I never pay any mind to them as though they were not there* I mean to lead a single life wherever I may roam And there's none in life may kiss my wife when I am not at home