I should like, with-out un-due re-it-er-a-tion of the e-go,
To ex-plain, how ver-y hard I find it is
to make my pay go 'round a-mong my vul-gar cred-i-tors!
I'm fear-ful-ly in debt
For I al-ways have af-ford-ed an-y thing that I could get!
But I must say I've en-joyed the best of what there is in life;
I've been luck-y om my love af-fairs, I've nev-er had a wife!
I can sum-mon lit-tle int'-rest in the dry af-fairs of state,
And the bus'-ness-men who call on me are cold-ly left to wait!
For ev-er-y day is la-dies day with me
I'm quite at their dis-pos-al all the while
And my pleas-ure it is doub-le if they come to me in troub-le
For I al-ways find a way to make them
smile, the lit-tle dar-lings!
I've no doubt I should have mar-ried long a-go!
it's the prop-er thing to do you'll all a-gree!
But I nev-er could find an-y fun in wast-ing all my time on one!
So ev-'ry day is la-dies day with me!
But I nev-er could find an-y fun in wast-ing all my time on one!
So ev-'ry day is la-dies day with me!
It's a fright-ful thing to think of all the hearts that I have
bro-ken,
Al-tho' each one falls in love with me
with-out the slight-est tok-en that my fa-tal gift of beau-ty had in-flamed her
lit-tle heart,
But I found that some small fav-or al-ways seemed to ease the smart.
A po-si-tion for a cous-in or a loan to dear pa-pa,
Just a dain-ty dia-mond neck-lace or a pret-ty mot-or car.
But I don't be-grudge the col-lar-ets and neck-lac-es of pearls;
All the mon-ey that I ev-er saved is what I've spent on girls!
CHORUS