Stern Old Bachelor

[ti:Stern Old Bachelor] [ar:The Carter Family] [al:Hillbilly Honeymoon] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.50]Stern Old Bachelor - The Carter Family [00:01.50] [00:04.71]I am a stern old bachelor my age is 44 [00:08.58]I do declare I'll never live with women anymore [00:14.13]I have a stove that's worth 10 cents a table worth 15 [00:19.20]I cook my gruel in oyster cans and keep my things so clean [00:22.80] [00:24.05]Oh little sod shanty [00:26.36]Little sod shanty give to me [00:28.30] [00:28.86]For I'm a stern old bachelor [00:31.29]From matrimony free [00:32.79][Instrumental break] [00:37.53] [00:45.33]When I come home at night I smile and walk right in [00:49.20]I never hear a voice shout out I say where have you been [00:55.07]On a cold and stormy night in my cozy little shack [00:59.31]I sing my songs and think my thoughts with no one to talk back [01:04.55]Oh little sod shanty [01:06.61]Little sod shanty give to me [01:09.17]For I'm a stern old bachelor [01:11.48]From matrimony free [01:12.22][Instrumental break] [01:14.72] [01:24.02]I go to bed whene'er I please and get up just the same [01:28.52]I change my socks three times a year with no one to complain [01:34.82]At night when I'm in peaceful sleep my snores can do no harm [01:39.74]I never have to walk the floor with a baby in my arms [01:44.74]Oh little sod shanty [01:46.61]Little sod shanty give to me [01:49.42]For I'm a stern old bachelor [01:51.29]From matrimony free [01:56.47] [01:57.91][Instrumental break] [01:59.52] [02:04.08]And when I die and go heaven as all good bachelors do [02:08.51] [02:09.13]I will not have to grieve for fear my wife will get there too [02:13.44] [02:14.00]Oh little sod shanty [02:15.44] [02:16.00]Little sod shanty give to me [02:19.06]For I'm a stern old bachelor [02:21.24]From matrimony free