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The 16th Amendment (income tax) was ratified on 2/3/1913.
The Dragon lived for years and years, and never got much thinner.
For lunch, he'd try a Policeman pie, a roast M.P. for dinner;
One brave man went 'round with an axe and tried to collect his income tax-
The Dragon smiled with fiendish glee, and sadly murmured 'R.I.P.'
Beware! Take Care! And creep upon tiptoe,
And hurry up the stairs, and say your prayers,
And tuck your head, your pretty curly head,
beneath the clothes, the clothes, the clothes.
"The Green-Eyed Dragon," Written for Stanley Holloway. DT filename[
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(Which all goes to show that income tax is not exclusively a US pleasure.)
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