Penny In My Pocket David Hyde Pierce

[HORACE, spoken]
I put a penny in my pocket

[HORACE]
And in a little time
That penny in my pocket
Had grown into a dime
And in a little longer
A quarter jingled out

I put the quarter in the teapot
And I waited until the teapot had a dollar in the spout
I put the dollar in my mattress
And had some pleasant dreams
'Till suddenly my mattress was bursting at the seams

And that is how I acquired the wealth I now possess
That little penny was the secret
Yes, that penny was the secret of my success!

I had a penny in my pocket
And not another suit
And with my only shirt tail
I shined a rich man's shoe
He threw me down a nickel
Admiring my skill
I gave the nickel to a blind man
And the blind-man left me all his meager savings in his will