Bret Harte composed a parody of the poem entitled "The Willows" featuring the narrator, in the company of a woman called Mary, running out of credit at a bar: And I said 'What is written, sweet sister, At the opposite side of the room?'
Bret Harte a compus o parodie a poemului intitulată „The Willows”, prezentând naratorul în compania unei femei pe nume Mary, ieșind în fugă dintr-un bar pentru că nu mai avea bani: And I said 'What is written, sweet sister, At the opposite side of the room?'