I’ve got a little nest egg that I’ve built up over time

I’ve earned it all “by hand and brain” and none of it through crime;

And though I’ve been a cautious chap I thought I’d have a bash

At making an investment with my little bit of cash.

I’m looking for a prospect which is very poorly run

And one where all my friends will chorus, “Johnboy, you’ve been done!”;

An outfit where the management refuse to rectify

Its ills; instead they place their faith in pork-pie-in-the-sky;

A country or a company which cannot carry on

Unless it begs for more to add to funds already gone;

And, oh, there is just one last thing, before I should forget –

Best of all a record of defaulting on its debt;

So having worked for all my life to make my modest stack

I’ll make investments with no chance that ever I’ll get back.