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I rode seven horses all to death,
I rode them till they had no breath;
I wore five saddles to the trees,
But none of those girls would marry me.
Those women will fret, those women will fuss,
They'll spend five hours before their glass;
The devil take all, I'll have none at all,
Always stay single, keep Bachelor's Hall.
The women 'round here they live by the door,
They hear a word and repeat it twice o'er;
Then they add to it as much as they please,
Always stay single, a bachelor man.
Stay, stay close to my door,
Bachelor's Hall, Bachelor's Hall;
I'll always stay single,
Keep Bachelor's Hall.
Bachelor's Hall is always the best,
If you're sick, drunk, or sober, it's always a rest;
No woman to scold you, no children to bawl,
Always stay single, keep Bachelor's Hall.
This variant was arranged and recorded by Steeleye Span (All Around My Hat, Chrysalis, 1975).
A variant was also collected in 1951 from Howard Morry of Ferryland, NL, by Ken Peacock and published as Bachelor's Hall in Songs Of The Newfoundland Outports, Volume 1, pp.237-238, by The National Museum of Canada (1965) Crown Copyrights Reserved.
