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The Bachelor
The Bachelor

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The Bachelor

Release date: 1st June 2009

From The Bachelor

Singer/Songwriter Music

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About This Track

"The Bachelor" is a track by Patrick Wolf, from the album The Bachelor, released 1st June 2009. It's filed under Singer/Songwriter. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Patrick Wolf.

About the Artist

Patrick Wolf

Patrick Wolf

Lyrics

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

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Track details

From The Bachelor

2009

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Album

Release year

2009

1Kriegspiel
0:47
2Hard Times
3:33
3Oblivion (feat. Tilda Swinton)
3:24
4The Bachelor (feat. Eliza Carthy)
3:13
5Damaris
5:28
6Thickets (feat. Tilda Swinton)
4:08
7Count of Casualty
5:03
8Who Will?
3:31
9Vulture
3:22
10Blackdown
5:21
11The Sun Is Often Out
3:33
12Theseus (feat. Tilda Swinton)
4:40
13Battle (feat. Alec Empire)
3:07
14The Messenger
3:39
—Battle
—Theseus
—Thickets
—The Bachelor

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Patrick Wolf — Better or Worse (from Better or Worse - EP) [3:20]
Patrick Wolf — Better or Worse (Instrumental) (from Better or Worse - EP) [3:21]
Patrick Wolf — She Didn’t Dance (from Better or Worse - EP) [3:55]
Patrick Wolf — Mejora O Empeora (from Better or Worse - EP) [3:51]
Patrick Wolf — Hymne Des Étrangers (from Better or Worse - EP) [3:24]
Patrick Wolf — Better or Worse (El Lobo Mix) (from Better or Worse - EP) [3:53]
Patrick Wolf — Song of the Scythe (from Crying The Neck) [1:27]
Patrick Wolf — On Your Side (from Crying The Neck) [2:28]
Patrick Wolf — Dies Irae (from Crying The Neck) [3:35]
Patrick Wolf — The Curfew Bell (from Crying The Neck) [5:18]
Patrick Wolf — The Last of England (from Crying The Neck) [4:09]
Patrick Wolf — Oozlum (from Crying The Neck) [4:58]
Patrick Wolf — Lughnasa (feat. Serafina Steer) (from Crying The Neck) [3:04]
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Patrick Wolf — Jupiter (from Crying The Neck) [5:17]
Patrick Wolf — Limbo (feat. Zola Jesus) (from Crying The Neck) [4:22]
Patrick Wolf — Better or Worse (from Crying The Neck) [3:20]
Patrick Wolf — Foreland (from Crying The Neck) [3:43]
Patrick Wolf — Reculver (from Crying The Neck) [6:02]
Patrick Wolf — Lughnasa (from Crying The Neck)
Patrick Wolf — Limbo (from Crying The Neck)
Patrick Wolf — Limbo (feat. Zola Jesus) [4:22]
Patrick Wolf — Dies Irae [3:35]
Patrick Wolf — Dies Irae [3:35]
Patrick Wolf — Teignmouth (20 Year Anniversary Remaster) (from Wind In The Wires (20 Year Anniversary Remaster)) [4:50]
Patrick Wolf — Ghost Song (20 Year Anniversary Remaster) (from Wind In The Wires (20 Year Anniversary Remaster)) [3:13]
Patrick Wolf — Land's End (20 Year Anniversary Remaster) (from Wind In The Wires (20 Year Anniversary Remaster)) [7:09]
Patrick Wolf — Eulogy (20 Year Anniversary Remaster) (from Wind In The Wires (20 Year Anniversary Remaster)) [1:45]
Patrick Wolf — The Shadowsea (20 Year Anniversary Remaster) (from Wind In The Wires (20 Year Anniversary Remaster)) [0:37]
Patrick Wolf — Jacob's Ladder (20 Year Anniversary Remaster) (from Wind In The Wires (20 Year Anniversary Remaster)) [1:22]
Patrick Wolf — Tristan (20 Year Anniversary Remaster) (from Wind In The Wires (20 Year Anniversary Remaster)) [2:36]
Patrick Wolf — The Railway House (20 Year Anniversary Remaster) (from Wind In The Wires (20 Year Anniversary Remaster)) [2:25]
Patrick Wolf — Wind in the Wires (20 Year Anniversary Remaster) (from Wind In The Wires (20 Year Anniversary Remaster)) [4:18]
Patrick Wolf — This Weather (20 Year Anniversary Remaster) (from Wind In The Wires (20 Year Anniversary Remaster)) [4:35]
Patrick Wolf — Apparition (20 Year Anniversary Remaster) (from Wind In The Wires (20 Year Anniversary Remaster)) [1:17]
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Patrick Wolf — Armistice (from Lupercalia) [3:29]
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Patrick Wolf — Time of My Life (from Lupercalia) [4:21]
Patrick Wolf — The City (from Lupercalia) [4:13]
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Patrick Wolf — House (from Lupercalia) [3:31]
Patrick Wolf — The Days (from Lupercalia) [4:53]
Patrick Wolf — Slow Motion (from Lupercalia) [5:10]
Patrick Wolf — Anthem
Patrick Wolf — Thickets (from The Bachelor)
Patrick Wolf — Theseus (from The Bachelor)
Patrick Wolf — Battle (from The Bachelor)
Patrick Wolf — Who Will? (from The Bachelor) [3:31]
Patrick Wolf — Battle (feat. Alec Empire) (from The Bachelor) [3:07]
Patrick Wolf — Blackdown (from The Bachelor) [5:21]
Patrick Wolf — Hard Times (from The Bachelor) [3:33]
Patrick Wolf — Count of Casualty (from The Bachelor) [5:03]
Patrick Wolf — Damaris (from The Bachelor) [5:28]
Patrick Wolf — Kriegspiel (from The Bachelor) [0:47]
Patrick Wolf — The Messenger (from The Bachelor) [3:39]
Patrick Wolf — The Bachelor (feat. Eliza Carthy) (from The Bachelor) [3:13]
Patrick Wolf — Vulture (from The Bachelor) [3:22]
Patrick Wolf — Theseus (feat. Tilda Swinton) (from The Bachelor) [4:40]
Patrick Wolf — Oblivion (feat. Tilda Swinton) (from The Bachelor) [3:24]
Patrick Wolf — The Sun Is Often Out (from The Bachelor) [3:33]
Patrick Wolf — Thickets (feat. Tilda Swinton) (from The Bachelor) [4:08]
Patrick Wolf — The Tinderbox
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Credits

Writer: Patrick Wolf
Producer: Patrick Wolf
Vocals: Patrick Wolf
Fiddle: Eliza Carthy
Grand Piano: Patrick Wolf
Synthesizer: Patrick Wolf