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As I sat in the Caf I said to myself	A
They may talk as they please about what they call pelf	A
They may sneer as they like about eating and drinking	B
But help it I cannot I cannot help thinking	B
How pleasant it is to have money heigh ho	C
How pleasant it is to have money	D
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I sit at my table en grand seigneur	E
And when I have done throw a crust to the poor	E
Not only the pleasure itself of good living	B
But also the pleasure of now and then giving	B
So pleasant it is to have money heigh ho	C
So pleasant it is to have money	D
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They may talk as they please about what they call pelf	A
And how one ought never to think of one s self	A
How pleasures of thought surpass eating and drinking	B
My pleasure of thought is the pleasure of thinking	B
How pleasant it is to have money heigh ho	C
How pleasant it is to have money	D
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II	-
Le Diner	E
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Come along tis the time ten or more minutes past	F
And he who came first had to wait for the last	F
The oysters ere this had been in and been out	G
Whilst I have been sitting and thinking about	G
How pleasant it is to have money heigh ho	C
How pleasant it is to have money	D
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A clear soup with eggs voil tout of the fish	H
The filets de sole are a moderate dish	H
A la Orly but you re for the red mullet you say	I
By the gods of good fare who can question today	I
How pleasant it is to have money heigh ho	C
How pleasant it is to have money	D
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After oysters sauterne then sherry champagne	J
Ere one bottle goes comes another again	K
Fly up thou bold cork to the ceiling above	A
And tell to our ears in the sound that they love	A
How pleasant it is to have money heigh ho	C
How pleasant it is to have money	D
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I ve the simplest of palates absurd it may be	D
But I almost could dine on a poulet au riz	L
Fish and soup and omelette and that but the deuce	M
There were to be woodcocks and not Charlotte Russe	N
So pleasant it is to have money heigh ho	C
So pleasant it is to have money	D
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Your Chablis is acid away with the Hock	O
Give me the pure juice of the purple M doc	O
St Peray is exquisite but if you please	P
Some Burgundy just before tasting the cheese	P
So pleasant it is to have money heigh ho	C
So pleasant it is to have money	D
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As for that pass the bottle and d n the expense	Q
I ve seen it observed by a writer of sense	Q
That the labouring classes could scarce live a day	I
If people like us didn t eat drink and pay	I
So useful it is to have money heigh ho	C
So useful it is to have money	D
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One ought to be grateful I quite apprehend	R
Having dinner and supper and plenty to spend	R
And so suppose now while the things go away	I
By way of a grace we all stand up and say	I
How pleasant it is to have money heigh ho	C
How pleasant it is to have money	D
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III	-
Parvenant	R
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I cannot but ask in the park and the streets	S
When I look at the number of persons one meets	S
What e er in the world the poor devils can do	R
Whose fathers and mothers can t give them a sou	S
So needful it is to have money heigh ho	C
So needful it is to have money	D
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I ride and I drive and I care not a d n	K
The people look up and they ask who I am	T
And if I should chance to run over a cad	R
I can pay for the damage if ever so bad	R
So useful it is to have money heigh ho	C
So useful it is to have money	D
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It was but this winter I came up to town	U
And already I m gaining a sort of renown	U
Find my way to good houses without much ado	R
And beginning to see the nobility too	R
So useful it is to have money heigh ho	C
So useful it is to have money	D
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O dear what a pity they ever should lose it	R
Sine they are the people that know how to use it	R
So easy so stately such manners such dinners	S
And yet after all it is we are the winners	S
So needful it is to have money heigh ho	C
So needful it is to have money	D
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It s all very well to be handsome and tall	V
Which certainly makes you look well at a ball	V
It s all very well to be clever and witty	D
But if you are poor why it s only a pity	D
So needful it is to have money heigh ho	C
So needful it is to have money	D
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There s something undoubtedly in a fine air	E
To know how to smile and be able to stare	E
High breeding is something but well bred or not	R
In the end the one question is what have you got	R
So needful it is to have money heigh ho	C
So needful it is to have money	D
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And the angels in pink and the angels in blue	R
In muslins and moir s so lovely and new	R
What is it they want and so wish you to guess	S
But if you have money the answer is Yes	S
So needful they tell you is money heigh ho	C
So needful it is to have money	D

Arthur Hugh Clough

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