Some think the world is made for fun and frolic,
And so do I, and so do I!
Some think it well to be all melancholic,
To pine and sigh, to pine and sigh.
But I, I love to spend my time in singing
Some joyous song, some joyous song;
To set the air with music bravely ringing
Is far from wrong, far from wrong!

Hearken, hearken, music sounds afar!
Hearken, hearken, music sounds afar!
Funiculi, funicula, funiculi, funicula,
Joy is everywhere, funiculi, funicula!