A Twenty Dollar Bill and Why

Chanukah gelt, for real, not candy

A twenty dollar bill

Oh, my

A twenty dollar bill! And why?

Upon what should we contemplate?

Allow me please to explicate

What's the meaning of this gelt?

For peace, sometimes blood must be spilt

For life, sometimes a good man dies

What means this money, Noah boychik?

You won't learn this in arithmetic

Money follows certain laws

It's worth how much it's worth because

Somewhere, something's valued less

It's how our blessings come, I guess

Golden, shiny, but never pure

Think from whence your riches stem

Think of someone who is poor

And know you stole this gold from them

Especially here, in the devil's South

You rip your gold from a starving man's mouth

Oh, for Pete's sake, Dad

Give him the money!

Good

Say thank you, honey

Thank you

Noah

Never forget

Stuart, play the clarinet

Right

A happy, happy Chanukah night

What a party, what a goose

Fun, huh? Noah?

Oh, what's the use?

It's cold tonight, my feet are numb

I'm tired waiting for a bus that won't come