When I was young, my father said, Son, I have something to sayAnd what he told me I'll never forget Until my dying dayHe said, Son, you are a bachelor boy And that's the way to staySon, you be a bachelor boy Until your dying dayWhen I was sixteen, I fell in love With a girl as sweet as could beBut I remember just in time What my daddy said to meHe said, Son, you are a bachelor boy And that's the way to staySon, you be a bachelor boy Until your dying dayAs time goes by, I probably will Meet a girl and fall in loveThen I'll get married, have a wife and a child And they'll be my turtle doveBut until then, I'll be a bachelor boy And that's the way I'll stayHappy to be a bachelor boy Until my dying dayBut until then, I'll be a bachelor boy And that's the way I'll stayHappy to be a bachelor boy Until my dying day