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 He said son you are a bachelor boy And that's the way to stay Son,you be a bachelor boy until your dying day When I was 16 I fell in love With a girl as sweet as can be But I remember 'd 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 dying day As time goes by I probably will Meet the 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 dying day yeah I'll be a bachelor boy and that's the way I 'll stayyy Happy to be a bachelor boy until your dying dayyy