Fast, and you fast uncheered.
For they like to dine and drink rare wine,
And to dance when the floor is cleared.
Flirt, and the girls flirt with you;
Don’t, and they count you slow.
For they play with you, so you must play, too
Or sit in the lonesome row.
Love, and the girlies love you;
Wed, and she is yours for life.
For she does not play in the cabaret,