Yet I’m bound to admit that I call
’Em uncommonly dear at the price.
Well, I’ve also bought dozens of “friends,”
Not by paying ’em money down straight;
No, it on their position depends,
And there isn’t a regular rate.
To some ’tis a loan that I make,
Or berths to their boys I hallot;
Some I buy for a dinner-card’s sake,
Some by lending a horse or a yacht.