The Bachelor

(No one will wear my silver ring) Poor little turtle dove Sitting up in pine Mourning for your own true love Why not me for mine? Why not, why not me for mine? I've got hogs in the pen And corn to feed them up All I want is someone who will Feed them when I'm dead and gone Feed them when I'm dead and gone 'Cause I know I'm not gonna marry in the fall And I'm not gonna marry in the spring I will never marry, marry at all No one will wear my silver ring Wear my silver ring Though, if I'm not gonna marry in the fall And I'm not gonna marry in the spring I will never marry, marry at all No one will wear my silver ring Wear my silver ring Poor little turtle dove Sitting up in pine Mourning for your own true love Why not me for mine? Why not me for mine? So, I went up to this mountain To give my horn a blow All the boys in the valley said "Yonder comes my beau Oh, yonder comes my beau" But I know I'm not gonna marry in the fall And I'm not gonna marry in the spring I will never marry, marry at all No one will wear my silver ring And if I'm not gonna marry in the fall And I'm not gonna marry in the spring I will never marry, marry at all No one will wear my silver ring (Wear my silver ring, no one) Poor little turtle dove Sitting up in pine Mourning for your own true love Why not me for mine? All I want is someone who will Feed them when I'm gone When I'm dead and gone, now I will never marry, marry at all No one will wear my silver ring Feed them when I'm dead Feed them when I'm dead Feed them when I'm dead and gone I will never marry, marry at all No one will wear my silver ring