So please give me a Penny, Sir!

The mysteries of High Finance

I don't presume to plumb;

So year by year my back they shear,

Sure that they'll find me dumb.

But the oft-trodden worm will turn;

"Demand Notes" never slack;

And "Schedule D" fast at twice three,

Breaks the wage-earner's back.

So please give me a Penny, Sir!