Can't remember where I got this one from, but I know I sang it a time or two, I had the first line as:-

Once I was like any man who stays at home at ease....

And I used to change the profession of the 'lost love'to fit my surroundings:-

Twas not her wealth and property that stole me heart away,
She's a bouncer at a folk club for very little pay.

or on one occasion:-

She's a scrubber at a knocking shop for three and six a day

FC