There is another version with the identical lines apart from the word “SPENT” which is replaced with “LOST”- making no significant changes to the context of the poem. There are some versions of the poem, which are adapted to suit pub conditions in which the son continues his speech saying that one bad cart and a half-blind horse have still left in the house but he will sell them too in order to have another drink. Of course, the previous part of the poem in which the son comforts his mother stands out from the amended part, dedicated to the drunken guests who are ready to drink the last dime.