That standards are abolished, for a standard favors greed.

This is the country of the free, and free this land shall be

As soon as we the ‘people’ have our opportunity,

And he who has to pay a bill

Can pay in whate’er suits his will.

The tailor? Let him take his coats

And pay his notes;

Or if perchance

He’s long on pants,

Let trousers be

His £. s. d.

The baker! Let his landlord take

His rent in cake,

Or anything the man can bake.

And if a plumber wants a crumb,

He may unto the baker come

And plumb.

A joker needing hats or cloaks

Can go and pay for them with jokes,

And so on: what a fellow’s got

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