(HI-HO-LACK-A-DAY) WHAT HAVE WE GOT TO LOSE?
Words and music by Gus Kahn, Charlotte Kent, and Louis Alter, ©1933.
As recorded by Phil Harris, 1933.

VERSE: Now, I've got the swellest proposition
And I keep wishin' that you'd agree,
'Cause, honey, in my life there's only one ambition.
It's concerning you and concerning me.

CHORUS: Now I haven't got a nickel, and you haven't got a dime,
But I'm not so very busy, dear, and you've got lots of time.
Hi-ho! Lack-a-day! Now what have we got to lose?

Now, I'm very fond of walking, 'cause I haven't any car,
And the church around the corner, dear, is not so very far.
Hi-ho! Lack-a-day! What have we got to lose?

Hi-diddle-diddle! That's a song
That we can sing the whole day long.
Hi-ho! Why, if anything goes wrong,
We'll just sing our worries away.

Now, we won't let little troubles upset our sweet romance,
'Cause hist'ry, dear, will tell you that Columbus took a chance.
Hi-ho! Lack-a-day! What have we got to lose?