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Edgar Guest - Pa Discusses Economy
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This year," said Pa, on New Year`s night, "we`ll start upon a different plan, 
I`m sick and tired of ending years as poor as when those years began; 
I`m sick and tired of spending coin before I`ve really got it earned,
This year we`re going to save some dough—that is the new leaf that I`ve turned."

Ma didn`t say a word right then, an` Pa went on:
"This year we`ll try 
To cut out all our foolishness, an` put a little money by; 
It`s terrible the way we`ve spent the money that I labor for 
On things that we don`t really need, but we won`t do it any more.

``There`s lots of ways that we can save, we`ll stop the many little leaks 
And soon we`ll have a bank account—I`ve thought it out for weeks and weeks; 
I`m sick and tired of toiling hard, an` havin` nothing left to show 
For all I`ve done the long year through—this year we`ll start to save our dough."

An` Ma looked up an` said to Pa, "I`m glad to hear you make that vow, 
We ought to save a lot each year; an` listen while I tell you how: 
Those poker games you ought to stop, I`ve always said that they`re not right, 
Ten dollars that we could have saved you lost at Brown`s the other night.

"An` then you cut out shaking dice with friends who ride in motor cars,
We`d save a lot of coin if you`d quit getting stuck for their cigars;
There are a lot of ways to save our money I can plainly see."
Then Pa got mad an` said, "That`s right, I knew you`d blame it all on me."
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