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Thread #169883   Message #4107451
Posted By: GUEST,Tony Hoss
24-May-21 - 06:38 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: You'll Find That's the Way of the World
Subject: Tune Req: You'll Find That's the Way of the World
I am looking for a song my Grandma used to sing, described by my mother as a sad song from the Music Hall. Would love to confirm the lyrics, melody and other background information. What I have is this:

Outside the workhouse was standing,
a maid with a babe to her breast,
I asked her the cause of her trouble,
she said 'Sir, I am in distress'

My young man has gone and disgraced me,
left me and my baby alone.
My mother has died broken-hearted,
so I'm left in the world all alone.

CHORUS OF
You may think this world's very funny,
for a rich man a life is all honey,
but a poor ,am can't live without money.
so you'll find that's the way of the world,

If a rich man is had up for stealing,
or commits any other bad crime,
they say it is done without meaning,
and is let off by paying a fine, but

if a poor man is had up for stealing,
or commits any other bad crime,
they say it is done with a meaning,
and is sent off to prison for time.

CHORUS