Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To The Book

Fortune presents gifts not according to the book
Fortune presents gifts not according to the book

When you expect whistles its flutes
When you expect flutes its whistles

What various paths are followed in distributing honours and possesions
She gives awards to some and penitents cloaks to others

When you expect whistles its flutes
When you expect flutes its whistles

Sometimes she robs the chief goatherd of his cottage and and goatpen
And to whomever she fancies the lamest goat has born two kids

When you expect whistles its flutes
When you expect flutes its whistles

Because in a village a poor lad has stolen one egg
He swings in the sun and another gets away with a thousand crimes

When you expect whistles its flutes
When you expect flutes its whistles