Coin Related Songs

My gosh, I forgot all about Arlo Guthrie. His Father Woody, according to legend did "Ride the Rails". Did he mention money (or the lack of it!) in any of his down trodden' depression era songs? Does the lyric from "Hey Look Me Over" count with the line "Fresh out of Clover, Mortgage up to here" Mike

This thread is scrambling my brain. My last post ran me into a six pence nursery rhyme rut:

Sing a song of six pence, a pocket full of rye...
...The king was in the counting house, counting out his money.

And:

Simple Simon met a pieman, going to the fair...
...Says the pieman to Simple Simon,
"Show me first your penny."
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
"Indeed I have not any.

Just heard another one, can't believe I didn't think of this one before. Rhinestone Cowboy- "With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe." Give me some time, I'll come up with some more!

Rachel [:p]

It Stoned Me (Van Morrison)

Half a mile from the county fair
And the rain keep pourin' down
Me and Billy standin' there
With a silver half a crown
Hands are full of a fishin' rod
And the tackle on our backs
We just stood there gettin' wet
With our backs against the fence

Oh, the water
Oh, the water
Oh, the water
Hope it don't rain all day

Chorus:
And it stoned me to my soul
Stoned me just like Jelly Roll
And it stoned me
And it stoned me to my soul
Stoned me just like goin' home
And it stoned me

Then the rain let up and the sun came up
And we were gettin' dry
Almost let a pick-up truck nearly pass us by
So we jumped right in and the driver grinned
And he dropped us up the road
We looked at the swim and we jumped right in
Not to mention fishing poles

Oh, the water
Oh, the water
Oh, the water
Let it run all over me

Chorus

On the way back home we sang a song
But our throats were getting dry
Then we saw the man from across the road
With the sunshine in his eyes
Well he lived all alone in his own little home
With a great big gallon jar
There were bottles too, one for me and you
And he said Hey! There you are

Oh, the water
Oh, the water
Oh, the water
Get it myself from the mountain stream

Chorus

Sung to the tune of the famous Australian ballad 'Click Go the Shears', this jingle heralded the introduction of decimal currency in Australia in 1966.

Three years earlier, the decision to introduce dollars and cents had been approved by the Australian Government. The dollar as the unit of currency was not an automatic choice, other unsuccessful contenders, seriously considered for the name included the austral, merino and royal.

In Come the Dollars, In Come the Cents

In come the dollars, in come the cents,
to replace the pounds and shillings and the pence.
Be prepared for changes when the coins begin to mix,
on the 14th of February, 1966.

just thought of Madonna's Material Girl;
"Some boys try and some boys lie but
I don't let them play
Only boys who save their pennies
Make my rainy day, 'cause they are"

Here Fred- if this doesn't do it I don't know what will!

"It's a small world after all, it's a small world after all, it's a small world after all, it's a small, small world!"

You're welcome!

Rachel [:p]

I've been spending all my time trying to think of more songs with coin or currency references! About those Euros- you know where to find me!

Rachel [:p]