Darby O'Gill - Bachelor's Lament Lyrics
Oh, what can I say of a playboy’s behaviorHave I not courted all over the placeCoaxin’, cajolin’, extortin’ the ladiesIncreasin’ their love with the strength of my kissAnd practicin’ plainly my versificationTo lead the young girls from their duties at homeBy which they were led into sad situationsThe clergy declared they had best leave aloneOh, my time of a time has been time sadly wastedOn temblor-men, tipplers and gay maids of scoreI’ve sat by a candle and rhymed meself *****With jeers that I’ve made and great oaths that I sworeAnd day in, day out, all the wealth of my stationAway upon master musicians I’ve thrownAnd what they played to me I heard with elationNot dreamin’ that they, too, were best left aloneAnd now it is true, that most furious of featuresMy creditors all with their warrants have comeAnd they swear by their souls that they’ll put me in prisonAnd now I am poor and ill-clad and undoneNot one of those honey-mouthed girls who deceived meOr robbed me pretending that she was me ownBut mocks me with pert and outlandish behaviorTo show me too late she was best left aloneAnd now darkness assails me as old age draws nigh meAnd I have not wealth, nor good clothes, nor red goldI’m wakened each morning by tremblings and achingsMy songs are no more the delight of the boldOh, to speak to a girl would be sad consolationAnd so I must leave the fine tavern aloneI swear and proclaim, and I make protestation‘Tis all that I’ve tried that was best left aloneOh, come all of you high steppin’, milk makin’ heroesWho long for the ladies and crave for the drinkBe sad by me now, and go cautious and carefulFor fear that old age into darkness ye’ll sinkWon’t you leave hesitation and marry a ladyOf prudence and piety, wit and good toneAnd leave faction fighting and such recreationYou can take it from me, boys, they’re best left alone
