...stanza : — "Then why should we quarrel for riches, Or any such glittering toys ; A light heart and thin pair of breeches, Will go through the world, my brave boys ! " The more accurate commentators, however, declare in favor of the other reading, and affirm that the worthy...

...old, Come listen to Billy, my name, Who once had his hat full of gold." The chorus to this is@ " Then why should we quarrel for riches, Or any such glittering...toys ? A light heart and a thin pair of breeches, Go through the world, brave boys l" But this chorus belongs to a much earlier song that is in " Per...

...soundest, and who, peradventure, may have been the author of that truly philosophical stanza: "Then why should we quarrel for riches, Or any such glittering toys ? A light heart and thin pair of breeches Will go through the world, my brave boys!" The more accurate commentators, however,...

...soundest, and who, peradventure, may have been the author of that truly philosophical stanza: "Then why should we quarrel for riches, Or any such glittering toys? A light heart and thin pair of breeches Will go through the world, my brave boys !" The more accurate commentators, however,...

...favourite with landsmen!' Bell's Ballads and Songs, where the chorus is given as follows: — Then why should we quarrel for riches, Or any such glittering...breeches, Will go through the world, my brave boys ! Page 26. boarded at the house of an apothecary. The identification of Mr. Roger Potion with the Dr....

...were none of the soundest, and who was the identical author of that truly philosophical stanza: "Then why should we quarrel for riches, Or any such glittering toys; A light heart and thin pair of breeches, Will go thorough the world my brave boys! " Such was the gallant junto that...

...were none of the soundest, and who was the identical author of that truly philosophical stanza: "Then why should we quarrel for riches, Or any such glittering toys; A light heart and thin pair of breeches, Will go thorough the world my brave boys!" Such was the gallant junto that fearlessly...

...suspect they took substantially the same view of Bohemian life as the idealization of vagabondism. A light heart and a thin pair of breeches will go through all the world, my brave boys, as the old song had it a long while before Henry Murger. Or in the words...

...be one for a week. I expect to lose it & it will not make much difference. A very fine verse. Then why should we quarrel for riches, Or any such glittering toys; A light heart and thin pair of breeches Will go through the world my brave boys. Mr. Thomas P. Williams is going to deliver...

...temper, and philosophically sing Why should we quarrel for riches, Or other such glittering toys 1 A light heart and a thin pair of breeches Will go through the world, my brave boys ! He would struggle on, and puzzle it out in one way or another ; and, if Fortune smiled once more,...