The Bachelor's Song

While I keep my lonely hall,     You are welcome one and all,     As I sing my little song;     Stay, I'll cheer you all day long -     And sow my bachelor-buttons,     And sow my bachelor-buttons.     While this world is wild with glee,     Chime I now my song to thee;     In my bosom lurks no care,     I can loiter everywhere -     And sow my bachelor-buttons,     And sow my bachelor-buttons.     Oh dear, what a happy life     For the man who has no wife,     To bind with sore distresses,     And silk and satin dresses -     While he sows his bachelor-buttons,     While he sows his bachelor-buttons.     His heart is ever merry,     His way is bright and cheery;     No peevish baby crying,     No jealous wife a-sighing -     While he sows his bachelor-buttons,     While he sows his bachelor-buttons.     Ah! praise the God who hath given     A life so much like heaven;     Quit it? Oh no, I'll never,     But live happy forever -     And sow my bachelor-buttons,     And sow my bachelor-buttons.