The bulging waistcoats of our profiteers.

But lo! a lot of useful wares

Within my modest range have come;

Trousers, I hear, are sold (in pairs)

At three-fifteen—a paltry sum;

And you can even get

Dittos as low as thirteen pounds the set.

I can afford a further lump

Of sugar in my cocoa—yes,

And cocoa too is on the slump,