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Thread #44886   Message #662034
Posted By: IvanB
03-Mar-02 - 05:01 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Magic Penny (Malvina Reynolds)
Subject: RE: Searching for lyrics - Magic Penny
RUS has another verse in between the two given above:

Money's dandy and we like to use it
But love is better if you don't refuse it
It's a treasure and you'll never lose it
Unless you lock up your door, for

In their attribution, it's listed as copyright 1955, 1958 Northern Music Co., so the above might be a later addition. Then, again, knowing RUS, it might be spurious.