Batchelors Hall - Steeleye Span

I rode seven horses all to death

I rode them till they had no breath

I wore five saddles to the trees

None of those girls will marry me.

Those women will fret, those women will fuss

They spend five hours before their glass

The devil take all, I’ll have no money at all

Always stay single, keep Batchelors' Hall.

Stay stay close to my door

The women round here, they live by the door

They hear but a word, and repeat it twice o’er

Then they add it as much as they can

Always stay single a bachelor man.

Batchelors' Hall is always the best

If you’re sick drunk or sober it’s always a rest

No woman to scold you, no children to bawl

Always stay single, keep Batchelors' Hall.

Stay stay close to my door

Batchelors' Hall, Batchelors' Hall,

I’ll always stay single, keep Batchelors' Hall.