Batchelors Hall

Steeleye Span

  E7sus4     A      E7sus4 A
I rode seven horses all to death 
  E(no3rd)            E7(no3rd) E(no3rd)
I rode them till they had no    breath
  Esus4     A       E7sus4 A 
I wore five saddles to the trees 
A                        E7(no3rd) A
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 none at all 
Always stay single, keep Batchelor's Hall.
E          D           A     D A
Stay, stay close to my door

Chorus:

     Bm    C#m   D     A           D
     Batchelor's Hall, Batchelor's Hall, 
     A           E            F#m         E
     Always stay single, keep Batchelor's Hall.
     Bm    C#m   D     A     B     E
     Batchelor's Hall, Batchelor's Hall, 
          A           E            A     D     A    D A
     I'll always stay single, keep Batchelor's Hall.


The women round here, they live by the door 
They hear but a word, and repeat it twice o'er 
Then they add to it as much as they can 
Always stay single, a bachelor man.


E7sus4 D A7 E7sus4 D A


A     D     A       A      D   A
Batchelors' Hall is always the best 
          A              E          D        E
If you're sick, drunk or sober it's always a rest 
   A     D  A             D           A
No woman to scold you, no children to bawl
F#m            D                     A
Always stay single, keep Batchelors' Hall.
E          D           A     D A
Stay, stay close to my door.

CHORUS

A     D     A     A     D     A
Batchelors' Hall, Batchelors' Hall, 


On "All Around My Hat" record, copyright (c) 1975 by Chrysalis