American Old Time Song Lyrics: 56 If We Only Had It Now
Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 56
IF WE ONLY HAD IT NOW.
Copyright, 1894, by Louis Haas.
Words and Music by Harry S. Miller.
We were wealthy, that's once upon a time;
Money, we had the stuff for sale;
Spent a fortune in every foreign clime,
We had so much 'twas always getting stale.
Chorus.
If we only had it now, just a little of it now,
How the swells with envy would gaze;
We drive a four-in-hand, be the gayest in the land,
And 'mong the belles we'd be the swells.
If we only had it now, just a little of it now,
In society be the grace,
We'd cut a figure, too, up on Easy Avenue-
If we only had it now.
Went to London about forty times a year,
Had a steamer of our own:
We were really just sixty carat clear,
And always had a palace for a home- Chorus.
Queen Victoria's been sorry ever since,
She didn't take as for to raise:
We could easily been made a duke or prince,
Because we had so many winning ways.-Chorus.
Wine and brandy, we floated ships in that-
Nothing was good enough for us;
-All our trunks they were lined with sealskin sacques, There's no use now of making any fuss.- Chorus.
We were models upon the fashion plates,
Still the ladies on us dote;
All our shoes were imported by the crate,
With insoles made of fifty-dollar notes.- Chorus
No use knocking, them good times now are o'er;
Diamonds, we pave the streets with them; t
Brownstone mansions, we gave them to the poor,
Because we had too many to contend - Chorus