NANCY: 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!

ALL : It's a Fine life!

NANCY : And though it ain't all jolly old pleasure outings,
It's a fine life!

ALL: It's a Fine life!

NANCY: 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!

ALL: It's a fine, fine life

BET: No flounces, no feathers,
No frills and furbelows
All winds and all weathers
Ain't good for fancy clothes

NANCY: These trappings,

BET: These tatters,

BET and NANCY: These we can just afford

NANCY: What future?

BET: What matters:

BET and NANCY: We've got our bed and board

NANCY: If you don't mind having to deal with Fagin,
It's a fine life!

ALL: It's a Fine life!

NANCY: And though diseased rats threaten to bring the plague in,
It's a fine life!

ALL: Fine life!

NANCY: But 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

ALL: And we don't mean pence!

BET and NANCY: If you don't mind having to like or lump it,
It's a fine life!

ALL: It's a Fine life!

NANCY: Though there's no tea-sippin' and eatin' crumpet,
It's a fine life!

ALL: It's a Fine life!

NANCY: 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

ALL: Fine life!