The Devil To Pay
My son, you must pay for ysur sinning. And if your acoouut has bernia, It is well you fshould know at betrinntng, Jast wheu you must pay for your fun. Though you are an export and scholar, Nosystemthatyou can in vent, Can swindle him out ot a dollarHe collects to the uttermost cent. Por he knoweth the world you are made in. And appoints hls own settlemerit day, When out of the stock that you trade in, There will be the devil to pay. Don't fooi yourself ever by thinking-, You can caten him augbt else but awake, Tho' seeming asleep, he is winking, At any falte entry you mate. No matter how sly your proceeding, He gets it all down in his book, And grius with delisht at the reading. As he knows you ure safe on hls hook. In measure, or weight, if you lack it, Don't thiukyou can cover the dearth, For he always is ontoyourracket, And charges you all it ie worth. He cares not for written debentures, But holds by k pitiless law. So, if you indulge in rash ventures, You will llnd yourself under his paw. Oh! he is the clerk of all ages, Expert f rooi the earllestday, And after yon balance your pages, Thore'llstill be the devil to pay, You may think of endowing a college With substance yourself does noc need. ■Well, do so, my son, with the knowledge That Satin wou't credit the deed. No, eharities won't make you level, No matter how large the amount. You can't balance your deal with the derfil, That goes to another account. Though thelowest has been your profession, And londest the prayers you've made. Eemember that every transgression, Is a debt that has got to be paid. And resolve, as yon may, on relenting Your follies and vires when gay. Tbi'Uí;!: síu ocean you weep in repenting, Tfaere'llstill be the devil to pay Then at last, when you are a debtor, Ou his book for each gratified whim, Eacti whim but a link in the f etter, That biudsyou stiü closer to him. ♦ For all of the preaching since Moses, fíot a jot of his claim will he stay, Even alter the Clearing House closes, There'll still be the devil to pay.
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