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“Getting Down to Living”;
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! ! " # ! ! $ % # # “Getting Down to Living”; old Hungarian charivari song a non y mous | 7 Getting Down to Living Old Hungarian charivari song Getting down to living, Sure a man should marry; Then there is the question Whom I am to marry; Welladay, welladay, Whom I am to marry. If I take a lassie, Loom and wheel unhandy, What a shame on me To buy long johns for money, Welladay, welladay, To buy long johns for money. If I take a spinster, Full of gloomy blether, Every word she’d utter Would be like foul weather, Welladay, welladay, Would be like foul weather. Should I take a rich one, She would nag me silly, What a wretched bastard, Living off her money, Welladay, welladay, Living off her money. If I wed a poor girl, Nice and fine and proper, I’d just make two beggars Out of one poor pauper, Welladay, welladay, Out of one poor pauper. [34.205.246.61] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 21:55 GMT) 8 | Light within the Shade God, O God, what shall I Choose, to not miscarry? Should I be a bachelor, Or should I marry? Welladay, welladay, Or should I marry? One hope yet will feed me, Free life I will lead me, Bachelor I’ll creed me, Merrily to speed me, Welladay, welladay, Merrily to speed me. Eighteenth- to nineteenth-century ...