In between Shakespeare and Cindi Lauper there was Jimmy Cagney (or someone  
of The Greatest Generation):  
  
"In spite of the worries that money brings  
Just a little filthy lucre buys a lot of things,  
.........  
It's the root of all evil  
Of strife and upheaval  
But I'm certain, honey  
That life would be sunny  
With plenty of money, and you."  
  
Mason Gaffney