I Was In It, Fairly In It - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
I WAS IN IT, FAIRLY IN IT. 
I'm a most unlucky chap, Of troubles I have my share, If anything goes wrong, of course, I'm in it, I do declare. Last week outside a general shop, Myself I chanced to find, Some boys gave me a push, there was A bo of eggs behind. 
Chorus. And I was in it, fairly in it, I fell in the box of eggs and there I quickly stuck; I was it it, fairly in it, I was in it, for it's just my luck. 
Of sport I always have been load Since quite a little boy; A ride upon a donkey is A thing I quite enjoy. I had one out some time ago, We'd not gone far, you see, Up went his legs, and as there was A ditch in front of me-
Chorus. I was in it, fairly in it, My head into the ditch and there I quickly stuck; I was in it, fairly in it, I was in it, for it's just my luck. 
I like a drop-drink you know-I frequently get tight, And into the wrong house somehow I got the other night. Unconscious I laid down to sleep, And soon began to snore, The proper owner came to bed, But then he quickly saw-
Chorus. That I was in it, fairly in it, I popped underneath the clothes, and there I quickly stuck; I was in it, fairly in it, I was in it, for it's just my luck. 
Said he, get out, said I, not me, In bed I mean to stop; He said, somebody outside of The window I shall drop. He opened it and threw me out, I uttered one loud cry, I should have reached the ground but then A mud cart just passed by. 
Chorus. I was in it, fairly in it, I went in with such a whop, and there I quickly stuck; I was in it, fairly in it, I was in it, for it's just my luck.