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 can be But I remembered 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 probably will Meet a girl and fall in love Then I'll get married have a wife and a child 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 Yeah, I'll be a bachelor boy And that's the way I'll stay Happy to be a bachelor boy Until my dyin' day