The Bachelor

No one will wear my silver ringPoor little turtle doveSitting 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 penAnd corn to feed them up,All ı want is someone who willFeed them when ı'm dead and gone,Feed them when ı'm dead and gone.'Cause ı'm not gonna marry in the fallAnd ı'm not gonna marry in the springI'll never marry - marry at allNo one will wear my silver ringWear my silver ring, boyI'm not gonna marry in the fallAnd ı'm not gonna marry in the springI'll never marry - marry at allNo one will wear my silver ringWear my silver ring, boyPoor little turtle doveSitting up in pine,Mourning for your own true love,Why not me for mine?Why not me for mine?So ı went up to this mountainTo give my horn a blow,All the boys in the valley said,"yonder comes my beau,Oh, yonder comes my beau."But ı'm not gonna marry in the fallAnd ı'm not gonna marry in the springI will never marry - marry at allNo one will wear my silver ringI'm not gonna marry in the fallAnd ı'm not gonna marry in the springI will never marry - marry at allNo one will wear my silver ring (wear my silver ring, no one)Poor little turtle doveSitting up in pineMourning for your own true love,Why not me for mine?All ı want is someone who'll feed them when ı'm dead and goneWhen ı'm dead and gone, nowI will never marry - marry at allNo one will wear my silver singFeed them when ı'm dead, feed them when ı'm dead,Feed them when ı'm dead and and goneI will never marry - marry at allNo one will wear my silver ring.