Small pleasures, small pleasures
Who would deny us these?
Gin toddies, large measuress
No skimping if you please
I rough it
I love it
Life is a game of chance
I never tire of it
Leading this merry dance
If you don't mind having to go without things
It's a fine life (It's a fine life)
Though it ain't all jolly old pleasure outings
It's a fine life (It's a fine life)
When you got someone to love
You'd 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 straightlaces sneer at us in the street?
Fine air and fine grace don't have to sin to eat
We wander through London
Who knows what we many find?
There's pockets left undone
On many a behind
If you don't mind taking it as it turns out
It's a fine life
Keep the candle burning until it burns out
It's a fine life
Though you sometimes do come by
The occasional black eye
You can always cover one
Till 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
Ah, 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 Fagin
It's a fine life (It's a fine life)
Although diseased rats threaten to bring the plague in
It's a fine life (It's a fine life)
And the grass is green and dense
On the right side of the fence
And we take good care of it
That we get our share of it
And we don't mean pence
If you don't mind having to like or lump it
It's a fine life (It's a fine life)
Althought there's no tea-supping and eating crumpet
It's a fine life (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!