Stern Old Bachelor (The Old Bachelor) / Traditional

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Published on May 9, 2019 4:02:45 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj5f0HEYfCg

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The Bachelor (2010)

Duration: 2:24

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Stern Old Bachelor or The Old Bachelor is a traditional folk song. There are two different ways to play it. One is how the Carter Family played it in a major key and the other how Derroll Adams, myself and others play it way down yonder in the minor key. I like both ways. Here I fingerpick it on guitar while singing it.

Stern Old Bachelor (The Old Bachelor)- lyrics

I am a stern old bachelor
My age is forty-four
I do declare I'll never live
With women anymore (2 x)

I live upon a homestead claim
From women I am hid
I do not have to dress a wife
Or take care of a kid (2 x)

I have a table worth five cents
A stove that's worth fifteen
I cook my grub in oyster cans
And always keep it clean (2 x)

I go to bed whenever I please
And get up just the same
I change my socks three times a year
With no one to complain (2 x)

Oh little old sod shanty
Sod shanty give to me
I am a stern old bachelor
From matrimony free (2 x)

Now when I die and go to heaven
As all good bachelors do
I will not have to fret for fear
My wife won't get there too (3 x)

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