THE RAGGED EDGE
A man there was who had a scheme, a scheme unique and bold;
He never paid old debts, and new ones he let get old,
But this yarn is of ancient date, such scheme would fail to-day;
Direct or indirectly, we all have got to PAY.
Wanting things for one’s comfort that are above one’s means,
Although it is not poverty, like poverty it seems;
And it isn’t really what you need that pinches like the devil,
But what folks think you ought to have to keep up to their level.