In their envelopes of blue,

While you open them and mutter,

In a whisper or a stutter,

“What the deuce am I to do?”

Thinking where, where, where

Is the money that shall square

Every paltry, petty item, that monotonously fills

Little bills, bills, bills, bills,

Bills, bills, bills?

Ah! those saddening little, maddening little bills!