I wish that you would lend;

In these dilemmas I'm aware

There's nothing like a friend."

Cries Ellwide, while his bag of blunt

He hides from hapless Snob,

"Thro' the whole house if you were to hunt

You wouldn't find a bob.

"I'm sorry it should happen so,

But poverty's no crime;

You're always welcome here, you know—