Fortune presents gifts not according to the book
  Fortune presents gifts not according to the book
  
  When you expect whistles it's flutes
  When you expect flutes it's whistles
  
  What various paths are followed in distributing honours and possesions
  She gives awards to some and penitent's cloaks to others
  
  When you expect whistles it's flutes
  When you expect flutes it's 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 it's flutes
  When you expect flutes it's 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 it's flutes
  When you expect flutes it's whistles