And I fear that your philosophy won’t wash—Tom Smith.
Of course that’s not your name—but ’twill answer all the same
For the person I’m presumed to argue with—Tom Smith.
And offended you can’t be, as you’ve done the same to me,
For I’m no more John Brown than you’re Tom Smith—Tom Smith.
What you love and what you hate—you’re at liberty to state,—
I’ve nothing upon earth with that to do—Tom Smith.
De gustibus non est—I’ve no doubt you know the rest,
And besides, I’ve much the same dislikes as you—Tom Smith.
It’s on matters of finance, in which there’s no romance,