"Look Before You Leap" lyrics - CHARLIE POOLE

Love is a very funny thing
It catches the young and old
Like a plate of boarding-house hash
A many a man has sold
It makes you feel like a freshwater eel
It'll cause your head to swell
You'll lose your mind, for love is blind
It takes all your money as well

When you're struck on a pretty little gal
You talk as gentle as a dove
He spends all his money and call her "Honey"
To show her he's solid on his love
When his money's all gone and his clothing soaked
He'll find the old saying true
"A mole on the arm's worth two on the leg"
But what is he going to do?

When married folks have a plenty of cash
Their love is fond and strong
But when they have to live on hash
Their love doesn't last very long
With a wife and seventeen half-starved kids
I'll tell you it's no fun
When the butcher comes around to collect his bill
With a dog and a double-barrel gun

When rent is high and the kids all cry
Because there's no grub or chaw
You'll holler for your son to load up your gone
While you vaccinate your mother-in-law
With a wife and seventeen half-starved kids
I'll tell you it's no fun
When the butcher comes around to collect his bill
With a dog and a double-barrel gun