GUESS WHO'S TURNING FIFTY
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:05 pm
GUESS WHO’S TURNING FIFTY
Many of the population wouldn’t know of this birth
but, those of us who were there got our money’s worth,
the fourteenth of February, Nineteen Sixty-Six
saw our cash change to decimals, a brand new box of tricks.
“In come the dollars and in come the cents
to replace the pounds and the shillings and the pence
be prepared folks when the coins begin to mix
on the 14th of February 1966”
“Dollar Bill” took centre stage on TV and radio
informing all Aussies ‘bout the change to our dough
Valentines took back seat on this day in history
which included everyone, not just you and me.
So, Happy Birthday to the notes and coins of our currency
essential players in the game of retail therapy
and a worthy birthday present which we all can send
is a healthy dose of unsurpassed spend, spend, spend.
Jeff Thorpe © 09 February, 2016
Many of the population wouldn’t know of this birth
but, those of us who were there got our money’s worth,
the fourteenth of February, Nineteen Sixty-Six
saw our cash change to decimals, a brand new box of tricks.
“In come the dollars and in come the cents
to replace the pounds and the shillings and the pence
be prepared folks when the coins begin to mix
on the 14th of February 1966”
“Dollar Bill” took centre stage on TV and radio
informing all Aussies ‘bout the change to our dough
Valentines took back seat on this day in history
which included everyone, not just you and me.
So, Happy Birthday to the notes and coins of our currency
essential players in the game of retail therapy
and a worthy birthday present which we all can send
is a healthy dose of unsurpassed spend, spend, spend.
Jeff Thorpe © 09 February, 2016