The Ballad of Fair Oscar
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FAIR OSCAR is a youth who dwells
On the Fifth Avenue;
He is the toniest of swells;
But what does Oscar do?
He rides, he drives, he turns his wheel,
On the Fifth Avenue,
For manly sports is full of zeal;
What else does Oscar do?
He sleeps, he smokes, he drinks, he eats,
On the Fifth Avenue,
And at the club his friends he meets;
What else does Oscar do?
He basks in beauty's sunny smile;
The ladies are not few
Who fain would live in Oscar's style,
On the Fifth Avenue.
He spends the wealth his father earned—
A thrifty man and true—
Whate'er he touched to money turned;
What else does Oscar do?
O Oscar! cease this idle life
On the Fifth Avenue;
Go start a bank, or take a wife—
Find something else to do.
This active age of ours can give
Each man some work to do;
It is not all of life to live . . .
On the Fifth Avenue.
THE BALLAD OF FAIR OSCAR.
FAIR OSCAR is a youth who dwells
On the Fifth Avenue;
He is the toniest of swells;
But what does Oscar do?
He rides, he drives, he turns his wheel,
On the Fifth Avenue,
For manly sports is full of zeal;
What else does Oscar do?
He sleeps, he smokes, he drinks, he eats,
On the Fifth Avenue,
And at the club his friends he meets;
What else does Oscar do?
He basks in beauty's sunny smile;
The ladies are not few
Who fain would live in Oscar's style,
On the Fifth Avenue.
He spends the wealth his father earned—
A thrifty man and true—
Whate'er he touched to money turned;
What else does Oscar do?
O Oscar! cease this idle life
On the Fifth Avenue;
Go start a bank, or take a wife—
Find something else to do.
This active age of ours can give
Each man some work to do;
It is not all of life to live . . .
On the Fifth Avenue.
