Stern Old Bachelor (The Old Bachelor)
traditional, adpt.: Derroll Adams, Jan Willems
I am a stern old bachelor
My age is forty-four
I do declare I'll never live
With women anymore
With women anymore
Oh little old sod shanty
Sod shanty give to me
I am a stern old bachelor
From matrimony free
From matrimony free
I have a table worth five cents
A stove that's worth fifteen
I cook my grub in oyster cans
And always keep it clean
And always keep it clean
ta ta ta ...
When I come home I have no fear
I smile and walk right in
I never hear a voice yell out
Or say where have you been
Or say where have you been
I go to bed whenever I please
And get up just the same
I change my socks three times a year
With no one to complain
With no one to complain
Now when I die and go to heaven
As all good bachelors do
I will not have to fret for fear
My wife won't get there too
My wife won't get there too
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Ik heb dit nummer voor het eerst van Derroll Adams gehoord.
Hij heeft veel invloed op mijn muziek gehad en is een held!
Dit nummer komt uit het repertoire van de Carter Family, maar zij
hebben het waarschijnlijk bij de musicoloog en verzamelaar
Alan Lomax vandaan gehaald.