An Original Collection of Songs sung at the Theatres Royal, Public Concerts &c. &c. By W. T. Moncrieff |
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BALANCING ACCOUNTS!
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BALANCING ACCOUNTS!
OR, GOOD AND BAD. A COMIC DUET.
Tommy Turnstile and Janus Jumble.Tommy.
What, my friend, Janus Jumble? Eh? where have you tarried
This long time? How are you, and what are your views!
Janus.
In health, I'm so so. For my views, I've got married!
Tommy.
Got married! I wish you joy! that is good news!
Janus.
Nay, not so good, Tommy, for I caught a Tartar—
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That's bad news!
Janus.
Nay, not so bad. But, I'll explain.
She fair was in person—no damsel dress'd smarter—
And then she'd a fortune—
Tommy.
That's good news, again!
Janus.
Not so good—for I purchas'd some sheep with her money,
That died of the rot, one day, all in a heap.
Tommy.
That was bad!
Janus.
Not so bad—for I, somehow, 'tis funny—
Got more for their skins than I gave for the sheep.
Tommy
That was good!
Janus.
No, it weren't—for I laid out my cash
In the Stocks and the Funds, by which greatly I lost!
Tommy.
That was bad!
Janus.
No, it weren't—for I then made a dash
At some houses, and bought them for less than prime cost!
Tommy.
That was good!
Janus.
No, it weren't, for my houses took fire,
And were burnt to the ground—'tis a sad tale to tell!
Tommy
That was bad!
Janus.
Not so bad—it was just my desire,
For my termagant wife wss burnt in them as well!
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Then let's be contented, and laugh at life's troubles—
Joy still repays woe, Pleasure still follows pain—
Endless bliss, Ceaseless woe, are, believe me, mere bubbles:
There's no bad without good, there's no loss without gain!
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