A Bachelor Gay

A bachelor gay am I Though I've suffered from cupids dart But never I vow will I say die In spite of an aching heart For a man always love a girl or two Though the fact must be confessed He always swears the whole way through To every girl he tries to woo That he loves her far the best He loves her far the best At seventeen he falls in love quite madly With eyes of tender blue At twenty four he gets it rather badly With eyes of a different hue At thirty five you'll see him flirting sadly With two or three or four When he fancies he is past love It is then he meets his last love And he loves her as he's never loved before A girl you've heard of old Is a kind of a paradox She changes her mind more times I'm told Than ever she does her frocks And a man's like a moth around a flame For it's nearly always found He burns his wings but all the same The nicest part of cupids game Is fluttering around and round At seventeen he falls in love quite madly With eyes of tender blue At twenty four he gets it rather badly With eyes of a different hue At thirty five you'll see him flirting sadly With two or three or four When he fancies he is past love It is then he meets his last love And he loves her as he's never loved before At seventeen he falls in love quite madly With eyes of tender blue At twenty four he gets it rather badly With eyes of a different hue At thirty five you'll see him flirting sadly With two or three or four When he fancies he is past love It is then he meets his last love And he loves her as he's never loved before --- A Bachelor Gay - Stanley Holloway