Bucket Shop Bessie

Halloween Bessie had a bucket shop.
Where people traded stocks without a stop
Some were fraudulent, made up and wild.
I’m here to say it was crazy, child.

Halloween Bessie had a black cat with a twitch.
This familiar went by the name of Mitch.
Sold stocks and bonds and sometimes made a switch
Swindling investors without a hitch

Halloween Bessie had a fast game in town
She tore around in a broom and a nightgown
Many lost money, but she was the queen.
Of the investment world on Halloween.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Hankins Avatar
October 5, 2022 at 9:14 AM
(still laughing) I'm not going to invest with Bessie! No! I do poorly enough with Uncle Sam!
Krutsinger Avatar
October 5, 2022 at 6:31 PM
My husband's maternal grandmother was named Bessie and her husband used to get a rise out of her by calling her "bucketshop Bessie".
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