When I was young my father said
"Son, I have something to say."
And what he told me
I'll never forget until my dying day.

Refrein:
He said, "Son, you are a bachelor boy
And that's the way to stay."
"Son, you'll be a bachelor boy
Until your dying 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.

Refrein.

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 turtledoves.

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 dying day.

Yeah, I'll be a bachelor boy
And that's the way I'll stay
Happy to be a bachelor boy
Until my dying day.