Lyrics:
Hard, hard luck, well I guess that I have had my share,
Fortune smiles but she just gives me the icy stare,
'Seen the time a single dime looked to me like a silver mine;
Yesterday I took all my money to the track,
Same hard luck, walked it all the way from Sheepshead back,
Lost my dough and friends I know just said “I told you so.”
chorus:
All I got was sympathy, but it ain't a bit of use you see,
When I was broke and hungry my friends all said to me
“Don't worry Bill,” there's lots of fish down in the brook,
All you need is a line and a rod and a hook,
Ain't it funny when you look for money all you get is sympathy. (repeat chorus)
Landlord, too, treats me just as mean as mean can be,
“Money down, or just kindly let me have the key.”
Once I know, rain and snow, out in the cold world had to go,
Friends of mine they just shook their heads and answered No!
Sorry Bill, money doesn't grow on trees you know,
Just sympathized, and criticized and all of them advised.
A copy of 1905 sheet music for the song is held in the University of Maine Vocal Popular Sheet Music Collection and may be viewed online at digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu
