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TO A RICH MAN by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY

First Line: WHAT WORRIES ME AND MAKES ME BLUE
Last Line: "WHAT? WORRIES? ME?!"
Subject(s): WEALTH; RICHES; FORTUNES;
WHAT worries me and makes me blue
May seem a little thing to you;
But then, you see, you have a lot
Of cash and bonds, perhaps a yacht --
Your bills are paid, but mine are due.

You say you have your troubles, too;
A jaded heart, a jaundiced view
Of life? Thank heaven that is not
What worries me!

My heart trips light, my wife's beats true;
We pluck life's roses, not its rue.
And so when next you ask me what
My worries are, what cares I've got,
I'll answer you with courage new:
"What? Worries? Me?!"


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