It doesn’t pay to be a greedy pig.
Pity the fools who choose to swing the bat!
Rejoice your room’s too small to swing a cat,
your purse too small to buy a stupid wig!
As long as you’re still free to do a jig,
you’ll see some pennies fall into your hat.
Ignore the glossy ads, and leave the rat
race fast! In truth you needn’t care a fig.
While others guard their treasure, you can lie
in clover, confident you’re in the red.
Your friends and family are bound to sob
real tears of grief for you the day you die.
And every night when you go off to bed
there’s not a single penny they can rob.
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