Bob Coltman: Your discovery prompted me to go searching. I found this sheet music at the Levy collection, but it's quite a different song from yours:


HE GETS THERE JUST THE SAME
Words by George Cooper; music by J. P. Skelly.
New York: Richard A. Saalfield ©1886.

1. Now people in life all differ.
It's well that they don't agree.
While some are quite "fast,"
They often don't last,
As ev'rywhere we can see.
The "slow" often gain their purpose,
Although the appear so tame.
It isn't the pace
That wins a long race.
Some get there just the same!

CHORUS: He gets there just the same.
He gets there just the same.
And when he's about,
He knows without doubt,
He gets there just the same!

2. Now there is the gay mosquito.
He sings on his way each night,
Presenting his bill,
Our comfort to kill,
And to his intense delight.
Then there is the sly old bedbug,
Who's not all unknown to fame.
Although he can't fly,
He's awfully spry,
And gets there just the same!

3. Now often a man who's married
Will creep up the stairs quite late,
And think that his wife,
The joy of his life,
Is in a somnolent state.
He hides all the cash he carries,
And thinks he has spoiled her game,
But when he's asleep,
And snoring so deep,
She get there just the same!

4. In office, all men are honest.
That is, let them tell the fact.
For good of the state,
The small and the great
Their honor will keep intact;
But show them the lovely "boodle,"
And though they may all cry "shame,"
They jump, by-and-by,
Like trouts at a fly,
And get there just the same!