[00:08.45]One day I was walking I heard a complaining
[00:12.34]And saw an old woman the picture of gloom
[00:16.11]She gazed at the mud on her doorstep ('twas raining)
[00:19.82]And this was her song as she wielded her broom
[00:24.13]
[00:25.24]Life is a trial and love is a trouble
[00:28.59]
[00:29.21]Beauty will fade and riches will flee
[00:32.56]
[00:33.30]Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double
[00:36.84]And nothing is as I would wish it to be
[00:41.39]
[00:41.98]It's sweeping at six and it's dusting at seven
[00:45.95]It's victuals at eight and it's dishes at nine
[00:49.64]It's potting and panning form ten to eleven
[00:53.39]We scarce break our fast till we plan how to dine
[00:57.21]With grease and with grime from corner to center
[01:01.00]Forever at war and forever alert
[01:04.79]No rest for a day lest the enemy enter
[01:08.64]I spend my whole life in struggle with dirt
[01:12.41]
[01:13.88]Life is a trial and love is a trouble
[01:17.59]Beauty will fade and riches will flee
[01:21.10]
[01:21.63]Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double
[01:25.55]And nothing is as I would wish it to be
[01:29.53]
[01:46.95]Last night in my dreams I was stationed forever
[01:50.86]On a far little rock in the midst of the sea
[01:55.08]My one chance of life was a ceaseless endeavor
[01:59.07]To sweep off the waves as they swept over me
[02:03.29]Alas Twas no dream; ahead I behold it
[02:07.66]I see I am helpless my fate to avert
[02:11.69]She lay down her broom her apron she folded
[02:15.27]
[02:15.93]She lay down and died and was buried in dirt
[02:19.37]
[02:21.02]Life is a trial and love is a trouble
[02:24.98]Beauty will fade and riches will flee
[02:29.31]Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double
[02:33.46]And nothing is as I would wish it to be

One day I was walking I heard a complaining
And saw an old woman the picture of gloom
She gazed at the mud on her doorstep ('twas raining)
And this was her song as she wielded her broom
Life is a trial and love is a trouble
Beauty will fade and riches will flee
Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double
And nothing is as I would wish it to be
It's sweeping at six and it's dusting at seven
It's victuals at eight and it's dishes at nine
It's potting and panning form ten to eleven
We scarce break our fast till we plan how to dine
With grease and with grime from corner to center
Forever at war and forever alert
No rest for a day lest the enemy enter
I spend my whole life in struggle with dirt
Life is a trial and love is a trouble
Beauty will fade and riches will flee
Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double
And nothing is as I would wish it to be
Last night in my dreams I was stationed forever
On a far little rock in the midst of the sea
My one chance of life was a ceaseless endeavor
To sweep off the waves as they swept over me
Alas Twas no dream; ahead I behold it
I see I am helpless my fate to avert
She lay down her broom her apron she folded
She lay down and died and was buried in dirt
Life is a trial and love is a trouble
Beauty will fade and riches will flee
Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double
And nothing is as I would wish it to be