The Optimisim of 80 Years Ago
1928. The markets were moving ever upward. What could go wrong?
This sheet music may give a clue.
Money bags! Coins! I’ll bet he has 40,000 French Francs in his jeans!
Then comes the lyrics:
If you don’t have a million,
Don’t be sad and blue,
Be thankful for your health,
And the sun that shines on you.
…
And then you follow nature’s course,
Banish all of that remorse,
You’ll fell like a million!
Et cetera. For ten choruses. Why such banal verbiage? Turn the music over.
It’s all about “following nature’s course,” of course.
