The Faces of Money

If Washington came back to life I wonder how he’d feel To be pictured on a quarter And a dollar bill – surreal! Abe Lincoln, too, would bust a gut If he became alive, To see his visage plastered On a penny and a five. And Alexander Hamilton, If he could live again, Would love the play about him And his picture on the ten. Had Andrew Jackson ditched his grave, He’d likely argue plenty About his image front and center On our nation’s twenty. Ben Franklin, though, would be real proud If he came back to earth, To find out that a hundred dollar bill Proclaims his worth. McKinley’s portrait graces Money that we rarely use. (I’ve never even seen that bill – Five hundred smackeroos!) Poor Jefferson, despite his wealth And all he got to do, Unfortunately got his mug On the elusive two! The pictures on our currency Have long been set in place. Thank goodness or our current prez Would swap ‘em for his face.