Money Wins You False Friends Poem by Francis Duggan

When he was was wealthy with lots of money to spend
He was one who was never short of a friend
But now he is poorer and his friends are quite few
Money wins more friends for you that's not saying anything new
From life like many he has learned the hard way
Yes we never stop learning as some like to say
Those he thought were his friends in hindsight he recall
Were not the least true to what friendship should be at all
His mistakes of the past he has learned to rue
Money wins you false friends happens for to be true
A few years ago a popular man of the town
But few wish to know of you when you are down
Many he thought were his friends were not his friends at all
They left him to his own devices when from the top rank he did fall