Stern Old Bachelor - The Carter Family (卡特家族)-歌词

Stern Old Bachelor - The Carter Family (卡特家族)

I am a stern old bachelor my age is 44

I do declare I'll never live with women anymore

I have a stove that's worth 10 cents a table worth 15

I cook my gruel in oyster cans and keep my things so clean

Oh little sod shanty

Little sod shanty give to me

For I'm a stern old bachelor

From matrimony free

[Instrumental break]

When I come home at night I smile and walk right in

I never hear a voice shout out I say where have you been

On a cold and stormy night in my cozy little shack

I sing my songs and think my thoughts with no one to talk back

Oh little sod shanty

Little sod shanty give to me

For I'm a stern old bachelor

From matrimony free

[Instrumental break]

I go to bed whene'er I please and get up just the same

I change my socks three times a year with no one to complain

At night when I'm in peaceful sleep my snores can do no harm

I never have to walk the floor with a baby in my arms

Oh little sod shanty

Little sod shanty give to me

For I'm a stern old bachelor

From matrimony free

[Instrumental break]

And when I die and go heaven as all good bachelors do

I will not have to grieve for fear my wife will get there too

Oh little sod shanty

Little sod shanty give to me

For I'm a stern old bachelor

From matrimony free