I danced at your ball a year ago,
To-night I pay for your bread and cheese,
" And a glass of bitter, if you please,
For you drank my best champagne, you know! "

Madcap ever, you laugh the while,
As you drink your bitter and munch your bread;
The face is the same, and the same old smile
Came up at a word I said.

A year ago I danced at your ball,
I sit by your side in the bar to-night;
And the luck has changed, you say: that's all!
And the luck will change, you say: all right!

For the men go by, and the rent's to pay,
And you haven't a friend in the world to-day;
And the money comes and the money goes:
And to-night, who cares? and to-morrow, who knows?