| Show Slow How can a man on a dollar a day Ciiarter a scat at a popular play And purchase cigars and tobacco pray Ho cant How can he sport an elegant tile Ask his dear friends to step out for a smile And stable a 240 anlmilc llo canto How can ho frolic cant-o with better fed friends When in cold perspiration hes at his wits ends If his washwoman after her half dollar sends Ho cant How can he bear to be called a poor cad How can he dress in a big fancy plaid His credit wont keep it is fragrantly bad Ho cant How buy perfumery handkerchiefs The edges all stamped with a red kangaroo And change linen cuffs every Sunday or two Ho cant How can ho claim biG dear girls slender hand And circle her finger with glittering band o When his check books so weak it scarcely can itani Ho cant How can ho marry and furnish a wife With the many small comforts which sweeten this life We must state the cold truth though It cuts like a knife Ho cant cantRochester = Rochester Talisman |