Refusing to bother concerning expenses
And other deplorable consequences,
Cheerfully scorning each friendly warning,—
How few regard it! how few! how few!
Tra la, tra la, tra la, tra la,
O Lady Tatters! O Lady Tatters!
We’ve duly considered these difficult matters,
And now, without any reservation,
We’re ready to enter the marriage relation!
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