LIFE IS BUT ONE DARN THING AFTER ANOTHER.

Whether in childhood or when you grow older, Whether in summer or when it grows colder, Whether in sunshine or lightning and thunder, Be it on land or sea over or under, Whether winter frosts freeze you or summer heat smother, This you will find until life’s cord will sunder, Life is but one darn thing after another.

Whether you cry from grief or smile with laughter, Think of the present or past or hereafter, Whether you’re rooming or whether house-keeping, Sewing or darning or dusting or sweeping, Dreaming of yours or some other girl’s brother, This you will find whether waking or sleeping, Life is but one darn thing after another.

If you have peace of mind or if you worry, If things move slowly or if in a hurry, If you make hasty steps or if you tarry, If you stay single or if you marry, Whether you barren be, whether a mother, This you will find whate’er hap or miscarry, Life is but one darn thing after another.