from the 1891 musical “Sinbad”
words by H. B. Smith
music by W. H. Batchelor
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Wachy:
Lyrics
- There’s just one thing that rules us all
It is money, beautiful money
By means of it we rise or fall
It is money, beautiful money
It’s better than beauty or bluest blood
If you have it you’re sweet as a pink rose bud
But without it your name is James G. Mud
It is money, beautiful money
Chorus
O, the clink of chink is a lovly thing
The clink of the chink has a lovly ring
You can be a Jack, or a Queen, or a King
With the merry, merry chink
With the merry, merry chink
With the merry, merry chink of gold, ha! ha!
- What makes us hate to pay small bills
It is money, beautiful money
What makes us fight our uncle’s wills
It is money, beautiful money
Why do we try to shirk a dun
Because we hate to spend our “mon”
Why do gamblers polititians run
It is money, beautiful money
Sung here by T. Craft: