When I come home in the evening I get my love somehow No one to call her darling No one to say good night When I have plenty of money The girls all gathered around me But now I have no money They've all gone back on me I went to see my darling She was so dear and clear And so I said someday Ill be leaving And I'll see her in my dreams I asked my darling to marry She looked at me and smiled And said to me: "My sweetheart Let's wait a little while" If I had listened to mother I wouldn't be here today For I was young and foolish And squandered my money away