Tango de la Menegilda
Tom Lehrer
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Life is brutal, If you must work as a maid Hopeless, futile Overworked and underpaid. And if you just surrender And if you don't learn to use your head Though you may live to a hundred You'll still end up in a poorhouse bed As for me, I must say, There were skills that I learned right away Clothes to wash , beds to make Floors to sweep, meals to cook, cakes to bake But it didn't take me long to see That life was passing me by I consulted with my conscience It said, "Listen, honey You've learned how to bake Now just learn how to take Your piece of the cake." I caught on so well, before anyone knew it, I had some nice clothes and a trinket or two. Perhaps you are wond'ring "How does she do it?" With jewelry and dresses My road to sucess is I'd give you three guesses But I think one will do I was sent out Shopping alone evry day When I went out They'd give me money to pay And out of each ten duros I'd end up spending, say, eight or nine, And what was left I deposited With a soldier friend of mine Then one day I came back And I found I'd been given the sack Don't know why, don't know how And I laugh when I think of it now When my mistress had finished screaming Her son whispered in my ear As he paid me my back wages He said, "Listen, honey, you know what I think." And he said with a wink "Let me buy you a drink." I've worked for so many and gotten so clever That's how I arrived where you find me today I work for an old man who can't live forever At the end of my journey With money to burn, even power of attorney What more can I say?
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