Copper Two Cents A Pound

We’ll have a new tea-kettle, wife

     When copper is

     Two cents a pound.

We’ll have a boiler, bet your life,

     When copper is

     Two cents a pound.

We’ll have a trolley by the door,

The price of ‘phones will tumble lower,

And tine and zinc will be no more

     When copper is

     Two cents a pound.

We’ll have more pennies for the “blow”

     When copper is

     Two cents a pound.

We’ll have more coppers on the row

     When copper is

     Two cents a pound.

Our strings will be all copper wire,

We’ll have a “pull”, or I’m a liar,

That all the world will quite admire,

     When copper is

     Two cents a pound.

We’ll pave the streets with copper bricks,

     When copper is

     Two cents a pound.

No more for houses stones or sticks

     When copper is

     Two cents a pound.

Take off your hats to this event,

This copper pated Boston gent –

We’ll have Sir Flux for president,

     When copper is

     Two cents a pound.

Feb. 7, ‘06