Hallowed shores of Sachsawanna shall we sing our praise to thee? Ripe of flora, soft of fauna, rare of flow'r and tree (and flow'r and tree) 'Neath your fair and verdant bower beer and whiskey flow Wives may come and wives may go And the bachelor's life is all we know
Now a sandwich thick and tasty, now a cold Budweiser beer Ev'ry torso pale and pasty, burning sun to fear (sun to fear) Some will have their mettle tested, some will never know Wives may come and wives may go And the bachelor's life is all we know
Soon will end our time of leisure, our equipment black and blue Waits at home domestic pleasure, ladies fair and true (and fair and true) On our trembling hearts we beg you, bravery bestow Wives may come and wives may go And the bachelor's life is all we know All we know