I'm Smart

My daddy gave me a dollar bill
'Cause I'm his smartest son,
And I swapped it for two shiny quarters
'As two is more than one!

And then I took the quarters
And traded them to Lou
For three dimes--I guess he didn't know
Is much much  more than two!

Just then, along came old blind Bates
And just 'cause he can't see
He gave me four nickels for my dimes,
As four is more than three!

And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs
Down at the seed-feed store,
And the fool gave me five pennies for them,
As five is more than four!

And I went and showed my dad,
And he got allred in the cheeks
And closed his eyes and shook his head--
Too proud of me to speak!