"The rich get richer and the poor get poorer" one of those "old sayings", even in those days--Van and Shenk were a musical comedy team and had had a string of hits, including "For Me and My Gal" and "Mandy" and some lesser ditties like "In the Land O' Yamo Yamo" and "After You Get What You Want, You Don"t Want It"

I may be force to look for the record and relate the lyrics, which I believe, are more elaborate than the ones that tend to be archieved--