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 tired 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.
Tho' 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 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!
It’s a fine, Fine life!
No flounces, no feathers
No frills and furbelows
All winds and all weathers
Ain't good for fancy clothes
These trappings,
These taters
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!
Though 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'.
So 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!
Tho' 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
Tho' it sometimes touches me...
...For the likes of such as me...
Mine's a fine...
Fine... life!