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17 Dec 15 - 07:14 AM (#3759005) Subject: Lyr Add: THE MAGIC OF THE DOLLAR From: Ged Fox The "Nobody knows when you're down and out" thread set me looking for a song/recitation that my aunt used to say in the 1950s. It included the lines "Isn't it very funny, When you've got no money All your friends do fly from you, When you haven't got a sou..." I could not find any information on that, but I did come across "The Magic of the Dollar" as published in the Goldsboro Headlight in 1903. It seemed too good to waste, so I've sung it using the tune of "Home! Sweet Home!" that would still have been extremely popular in 1903. "The Magic of the Dollar" to "Home Sweet Home" With a dollar in your pocket You may hold your head on high. Just as though you owned the village And the countryside hard by; Like a man who has a coal mine, Or who lets a farm on rent. But you take a mighty tumble When you haven't got a cent. With a dollar in your pocket You can look men in the eye. Step around like great Lord Pickax When it comes your turn to buy. Only crook your little finger And the waiter flies to you. But things take a different aspect When you haven't got a sou. Though it is the root of evil. Cause of trouble, source of woes. Money comes in mighty handy To have round your Sunday clothes. If you have the bright spondulix You're the cheese beyond a doubt. But you're little Willie No-one When your money has run out. |
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17 Dec 15 - 09:35 PM (#3759177) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Magic of the Dollar From: GUEST,.gargoyle THANK YOU...nice contribution. Interesting use/contrast of dollar and sou. The tune you use certainly works and appropriate. Sincerly, Gargoyle |
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18 Dec 15 - 03:39 AM (#3759227) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Magic of the Dollar From: Ged Fox Thanks very much. The quest is still on for my aunt's song/poem, so any Mudcatter info or recollections would be appreciated. |