This is the debt I pay
  Just for one riotous day,
  Years of regret and grief,
  Sorrow without relief.

Pay it I will to the end --
  Until the grave, my friend,
  Gives me a true release --
  Gives me the clasp of peace.

Slight was the thing I bought,
  Small was the debt I thought,
  Poor was the loan at best --
  God! but the interest!