Poems (Barbara White)/Six Cents, Please
Six Cents, Please
We have got two new bridges in Johnstown. If you don't believe it's true,Just watch the Traction Company And see what it's going to do.They are going to add an extra cent To every street car fare,To help to pay for the bridges They are building for us there
So have your six cents ready When you enter a tramway car;It don't matter what your distance is— Let it be near or far;They will charge the same from one and all. So we might as well just grinAnd pay our extra cent to them When a street car we enter in
But now they're handing you rebate slips, And you might get back your extra cent:But mark my words, it will be the same As when they raised the rents.They have put it on and it won't come off, So it's up to us this way—You can hire a Ford, or walk to town, If you don't want that extra cent to pay