“Ye are goin’ for the summer to the islands by the sea,
Where it costs four dollars daily—setch is not for setch as me;
Iv’ry-handled umberellers do not come into my plan,
But I kin give a dollar to this suff’rin’ fellow-man.
“Hand-bags made of Rooshy leather are not truly at my call,
Yet in the eyes of Mussy I am richer ’en you all,
For I kin give a dollar wher’ you dare not stand a dime,
And never miss it nother, nor regret it any time.”
Sayin’ this he drew a wallet from the inner of his vest,
And gave the tramp a daddy, which it was his level best;