With the burden, "If things was only sich!"
"If things was only sich," said he,
"You should see what a wonderful man I'd be;
No beggar I, by the wayside thrown,
But I'd live in a palace and millions own,
And men would court me if I were rich—
As I'd be if things was only sich."
"If things was only sich," said he,
"I'd be lord of the land and lord of the sea;
I would have a throne and be a king,