Spending a British Currency Unit, was: Re: Brunch (1896); Dime (1995)---(Question)

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>Here I sit all broken-hearted
>Paid a dime to shit and only farted

Recorded by A. W. Read, 1928: a non-mercenary version:

Here I sit all broken hearted
Came to shit and only farted

... described as "very popular".

-- Doug Wilson