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 never tire of it
Leading a merry dance
If you don't mind havin'
to go without things
It's a fine life
Fine life
Though it ain't all jolly old
pleasure outings
It's a fine life
Fine life
When you've got
someone to love
You forget your care 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 to 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 takin' it
like it turns out
It's a fine life
Fine life
Keep the candle burnin'
until it burns out
It's a fine life
Fine life
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
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 havin'
to deal with Fagin
It's a fine life
Fine life
Though diseased rats threaten
to bring the plague in
It's a fine life
Fine life
But the grass is
green and dense
On the right side
of the fence
And we take good care
That we get our share of it
And we don't mean pence
If you don't mind havin'
to like or lump it
It's a fine life
Fine life
Though there's no tea sippin'
an' eatin' crumpets
It's a fine life
Fine life
Not for me the 'appy home
'Appy husband 'appy wife
Though it sometimes
touches me
For the likes of such as me
Mine's a fine fine life