| He spent his three score years and ten
In piling up a fortune, And earned, as his reward from men, Denunciations, scorchin'. He was condemned for this and that, Till on his nerves it grated, And then was called upon the mat To be investigated. "Alas!" he cried, "Wealth brings no joys; I'll dissipate these riches And buy ten million ragged boys A pair of Sunday breeches." He scattered gold with lavish hand And feelings much elated. When lo, they called him on the stand To be investigated. |
Verdigris Valley Verse
Albert Stroud
(Coffeyville, Kansas: The Journal Press. 1917)
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