When Wealth And Poverty Met 1900

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Jun 2004

Near a house a carriage waited,
soon a fair girl stepped inside,
when a beggar woman stopped her,
"Help, in pity's name!" she cried.
Smilingly the rich girl faced her,
"I've a strange idea," said she,
"Will you come along poor woman
to a masquerade with me,
there'll be many strange disguises,
no one will the difference tell,
it will cause a small sensation;
doubt not I will pay you well."
In the carriage stepped the beggar,
both were quickly driven 'long,
till they entered in the ballroom,
gazed at by a wond'ring throng.

One was a girl in a ragged dress,
one in a silken gown,
one had come from a wretched slum,
one from a mansion in town.
Wealth and Poverty side by side,
a contrast that none could forget,
for a man's false heart,
was exposed that night,
when Wealth and Poverty met.

All unmasked and then a young man,
stepped up to the rich girl's side,
when the beggar turned upon him,
"So we meet at last!" she cried.
From her dress she took a picture,
and unto the throng she said:
"There's his photo with my own,
and our dear baby who is dead."
"'Tis too true." The rich girl answered,
"His false love I now will scorn."
And her dark eyes flashed with anger,
as she told the man: "Be gone!"
Then she whispered to the beggar:
"Through this world no more you'll roam,
Our's shall be a lifelong friendship,
you shall share my heart and home."

One was a girl in a ragged dress,
one in a silken gown,
one had come from a wretched slum,
one from a mansion in town.
Wealth and Poverty side by side,
a contrast that none could forget,
for a man's false heart,
was exposed that night,
when Wealth and Poverty met.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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When Wealth And Poverty Met 1900
Lyrics by Arthur J. Lamb
Music by Harry von Tilzer
© 1900 by Shapiro, Bernstein & von Tilzer
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 29 June 2004 at 22.57
in association with Doug Grierson
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