# I need a collection of songs with a money theme.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 3, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-collection-of-songs-with-a-money-theme/566274 "2011-01-03T22:22:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-collection-of-songs-with-a-money-theme/566274/61 "2011-01-06T14:51:09Z")

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“Short A Couple A’ Bob” by Gaelic Storm. I couldn’t find a YouTube link to share, but it’ all about being poor. It’s got a lot of Irish slang throughout, so it might be hard to pick up on to a non-Irish audience.

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**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-collection-of-songs-with-a-money-theme/566274/62 "2011-01-06T15:05:29Z")

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My two:  
“Dead Presidents” – Classic blues, written by Willie Dixon, sung by many  
(also, evidently the title of a Jay-Z song. A rapper singing about money? Who would have thought)

“I Aint’ Broke, But I’m Badly Bent” – Classic bluegrass, covered by everyone.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-collection-of-songs-with-a-money-theme/566274/63 "2011-01-06T17:00:53Z")

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“Richard Corey”, as done by Simon and Garfunkle, is about a rich man for whom money and all it’s trappings couldn’t buy happiness.

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**Author:** ![Aeris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Aeris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeris)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-collection-of-songs-with-a-money-theme/566274/64 "2011-01-20T21:49:50Z")

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> [@Projammer](#):
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> Assuming this wasn’t a whoosh, Abba was listed in the OP. 😃

:smack:

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