IT'S A FINE LIFE

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Song Title
IT'S A FINE LIFE
Writers
Lionel Bart
Publisher
TRO MUSICA ESPANA SL
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
Spain and Portugal
Themes/Keywords
Carefree, Jolly, Life, Materialism, Pleasures, Small
Lyrics
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’ll 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!
Tho’ it ain’t all jolly old pleasure outings,
It’s a fine life! It’s a fine life!
When you’ve 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 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 taking it like it turns out,
It’s a fine life! It’s a fine life!
Keep the candle burning until it burns out,
It’s a fine life! It’s a fine life!
Tho’ 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 furbiloes.
All winds and all weathers ain’t good for fancy clo’es.
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!
Tho’ diseased rats threaten to bring the plague in,
It’s a fine life! It’s a fine life!
But 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!
Tho’ there’s no tea sipping an’ 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!

Recordings

Recording Artist Genre Mood Arrangement Era iTunes
ALMA COGAN Soundtrack Carefree, Cheerful, Happy, Positive, Theatrical Group Sing, Horns, Percussion, Strings, Vocal 2010's Buy >
BONNIE LANGFORD Soundtrack Cheerful, Happy, Positive, Theatrical Group Sing, Horns, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Vocal 2010's Buy >
MALCOLM GETS Buy >
OLIVER Soundtrack Cheerful, Happy, Positive, Theatrical Group Sing, Horns, Percussion, Strings, Vocal 2010's Buy >

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