A wry rhyme about an old man, a stolen kiss and a cracked coin that wouldn't spend. The grumbling last line is half the fun.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
There was an old man
In a velvet coat,
He kissed a maid
And gave her a groat.
The groat it was crack'd
And would not go,—
Ah, old man, do you serve me so?
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition