I Remember, I Remember by Franklin P. Adams

I remember, I remember / The house where I was born; / The rent was thirty-two a month, / Which made my father mourn.

He said he could remember when / _His_ father paid the rent; / And when a man's expenses did / Not take his every cent.

I remember, I remember -- / My mother telling my cousin / That eggs had gone to twenty-six / Or seven cents a dozen; / And how she told my father that / She didn't like to speak / Of things like that, but Bridget now / Demanded four a week.

I remember, I remember -- / And with a mirthless laugh -- / My weekly board at college took / A jump to three and a half.

I bought an eighteen-dollar suit, / And father told me, "Sonny, / I'll pay the bill this time, but, Oh, / I am not made of money!"

I remember, I remember, / When I was young and brave / And I declared, "Well, Birdie, we / Shall now begin to save."

It was a childish ignorance, / But now 'tis little joy / To know I'm farther off from wealth / Than when I was a boy.