After oysters, Sauterne; then Sherry; Champagne, Ere one bottle goes, comes another again; Fly up, thou bold cork, to the ceiling above, And tell to our ears in the sound that we love How pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho! How pleasant it is to have money. I've the simplest of palates; absurd it may be, But I almost could dine on a _poulet-au-riz_, Fish and soup and omelette and that--but the deuce-- There were to be woodcocks, and not _Charlotte Russe_! So pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho! So pleasant it is to have money. Your Chablis is acid, away with the hock, Give me the pure juice of the purple Medoc; St. Peray is exquisite; but, if you please, Some Burgundy just before tasting the cheese. So pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho! So pleasant it is to have money. As for that, pass the bottle, and hang the expense-- I've seen it observed by a writer of sense, That the labouring classes could scarce live a day, If people like us didn't eat, drink, and pay. So useful it is to have money, heigh-ho! So useful it is to have money. One ought to be grateful, I quite apprehend, Having dinner and supper and plenty to spend, And so suppose now, while the things go away, By way of a grace we all stand up and say How pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho! How pleasant it is to have money. PARVENANT. I cannot but ask, in the park and the streets, When I look at the number of persons one meets, Whate'er in the world the poor devils can do Whose fathers and mothers can't give them a _sous_. So needful it is to have money, heigh-ho! So needful it is to have money. I ride, and I drive, and I care not a d--n, The people look up and they ask who I am; And if I should chance to run over a cad, I can pay for the damage, if ever so bad. So useful it is to have money, heigh-ho! So useful it is to have money. It was but this winter I came up to town, And already I'm gaining a sort of renown; Find my way to good houses without much ado, Am beginning to see the nobility too. So useful it is to have money, heigh-ho! So useful it is to have money. O dear what a pity they ever should lose it, Since they are the people who know how to use it; So easy, so stately, such manners, such dinners; And yet, after all, it is we are the winners. So needful it is to have money, heigh-ho! So needful it is to have money. It is all very well to be handsome and tall, Which certainly makes you look well at a ball, It's all very well to be clever and witty. But if you are poor, why it's only a pity. So needful it is to have money, heigh-ho! So needful it is to have money.