Gave away the full fee-simple of the town of Gloryville.
“Dat for you,” said Schmuel Ganef, “is, I dink, not much too much,
But I makesh de shtock a million ven I sells him to the Dutch.”
And the secret of his selling was upon the artful plan
Known to the police in Paris as the vol Américain,
Whereby he who does the spilling manages the man who’s spilt
Very nicely, for he makes him an accomplice in the guilt.
Even as of old great sages managed the Parisian fonds,
So in Amsterdam Heer Ganef peddled out his Glory bonds;
And to all he slyly whispered, “I will let you in de first