And the more she sagged back, harder Ozy

would pull;

But a mortgage can tucker the likeliest man,

And Ozy he found himself flat on hard pan.

He dumped in his stock and his grain and his

hay,

He scrimped and he skived and endeavored to

pay;

He sold off his hay and his grain and his stock

Till the ricky-tick-tack of the auctioneer’s knock