Small pleasures,
small pleasures,
who would deny us these?
Not me!
Gin, toddies, large measures,
no skimping if you please.
I ruff 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, fine life
Though it ain't all jolly old
pleasure at ease
It's a fine life, fine life
When you 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
Who cares if straight laces
sneer at us in the street
Fine airs and fine graces
don't have the sin to eat
We wander through London,
who knows what we may find
There's pockets left undone
on many a behind
If you don't mind taking
it like it turns out
It's a fine life, fine life
Keep the candle burning
until it burns out
It's a fine life, fine life
Though you sometimes do come
by the occasional black eye
You can al ways cover one
while he blacks the other one
But you don't dare cry
Yeah! Go on, gal!
No flounces, no feathers,
no frills and furbelows
All winds and all weathers
ain't good for fancy clothes
These trappings, these tatters,
these we can just afford
What future? What matters?
We've got our bed and board
If you don't mind having
to deal with fagging,
it's a fine life
Though diseased rats
threaten to bring the plague in,
it's a fine life
But the grass is green and dense
on the right side of the fence
An d we take good care of it,
that we get our share of
it, and we don't make it
If you don't mind having to life a lump it,
it's a fine life
And though there's no tea sippin'
and eatin' crumpet,
it's a fine life
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, fine life
You