A Fine Life lyrics

NANCY: Small pleasures, small pleasures,
Who would deny us these?
Gin toddies -- large measures --
No skimping if you please!
I rough it.I love it.
Life is a game of chance.
I`ll never tire of it --
Leading this merry dance.
If you don`t mind having to go without things,
It`s a fine life!

ALL :It`s a Fine life!

NANCY : And though it ain`t all jolly old pleasure outings,
It`s a fine life!

ALL:It`s a Fine life!

NANCY: When you`ve got someone to love,
You forget your cares and strife.
Let the prudes look down on us.
Let the wide world frown on us.
It`s a fine, fine life!

ALL: It`s a fine, fine life

BET:Who cares if staight laces
Sneer at us in the street
Fine airs and fine graces,

NANCY:Don`t have to sin to eat

BOTH: We wonder through London

NANCY:Who knows what we may find

BOTH:There`s pockets left undone
On many a behind

NANCY:If you don`t mind takin` it like it turns out,
It`s a fine life!

ALL:It`s a fine life!

NANCY:And keep the candle burn until it`s burned out
It`s a fine life!

ALL:It`s a fine life!

NANCY:Though you sometimes do come by
The occasional black eye
You can always cover one
`Til he blacks the other one
But you don`t dare cry!

BET: No flounces, no feathers,
No frills and furbelows.
All winds and all weathers
Ain`t good for fancy clothes.

NANCY: These trappings,

BET: These tatters,

BET and NANCY:These we can just afford.

NANCY: What future?

BET: What matters:

BET and NANCY: We`ve got our bed and board.

NANCY: If you don`t mind having to deal with Fagin,
It`s a fine life!

ALL: It`s a Fine life!

NANCY: And though diseased rats threaten to bring the plague in,
It`s a fine life!

ALL: It`s fine life!

NANCY: But the grass is green and dense
On the right side of the fence.
So we take good care of it
That we get our share of it

ALL: And we don`t mean pence!

BET and NANCY: If you don`t mind having to like or lump it,
It`s a fine life!

ALL: It`s aFine life!

NANCY: Though there`s no tea-sippin` and eatin` crumpet,
It`s a fine life!

ALL: It`s a Fine life!

NANCY: Not for me, the happy home:
Happy husband, happy wife.
Though it sometimes touches me,
For the likes of such as me,
Mine`s a fine.

ALL: Fine life!
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