Ore from a Gold Mine

[MRS. PEACHUM]
A virgin's like ore from a gold mine
To get it is really a stint
Yet afterwards, pal, you
Find it has no value
Until it's been registered, melted and molded
And stamped with a date at the mint!

[PEACHUM]
A wife is the same proposition
When once at the alter she stands
Like ore into money
You'll find that your honey
Is legal and cashable
So she goes slipping like dollars through everyone's hands

[MRS. PEACHUM & PEACHUM]
The market demands
She's legal and cashablе
So she goes slipping like dollars through еveryone's hands