In Our Society

From the 1891 musical “Sinbad”
arranged by W. H. Batchelor

The sheet music:

In-Our-Society – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by Fred Feild:

In-Our-Society – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. We joined a new society
    I took the oath today
    In which the members are employed
    In giving things away
    Suppose we quarrel with a man
    It causes no surprise
    If he goes home the owner of
    A pair of new black eyes

Chorus
We give ’em away in our society
We give ’em away in large variety
Black eyes in every shade
Any size and ready made
We give ’em away in our society

  1. The society of women is
    A fact that we deplore
    So as we’ve all been married
    For a dozen years or more
    You bachelors who’re anxious
    To give up your single lives
    Should come and see our stock at once
    For when it comes to wives

Chorus
We give ’em away in our society
We give ’em away in large variety
With a glad and thankful heart
When we get a chance to part
We give ’em away in our society

  1. All summer I’ve been going
    To the races, don’t you see?
    And people have been very kind
    In giving tips to me
    I’ve gound that backing horses
    Gives your money rapid wings
    At present I can give away
    A stock of “dead sure things”

Chorus
We give ’em away in our society
We give ’em away in large variety
Your purse of cash it strips
So instead of taking tips
We give ’em away in our society

  1. We’re full of Christian charity
    In giving to the poor
    We give our bogus quarters
    To the blind you may be sure
    When beggers ask a favor
    Oh we cannot say them nay
    But to them our plugged nickels
    We delight to give away

Chorus
We give ’em away in our society
We give ’em away in large variety
Lead dimes we throw in stocks
In the church collection box
We give ’em away in our society

Sung here by T. Craft: