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Jimmie Cox. " Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out " is a blues standard written by pianist Jimmie Cox in 1923 and originally performed in a Vaudeville-blues style. The lyrics in the popular 1929 recording by Bessie Smith are told from the point of view of somebody who was once wealthy during the Prohibition era and reflect on the fleeting ...
Capitalized "IN GOD WE TRUST" on the reverse of a United States twenty-dollar bill"In God We Trust" (also rendered as "In God we trust") is the official motto of the United States [1] [2] [3] as well as the motto of the U.S. state of Florida, along with the nation of Nicaragua (Spanish: En Dios confiamos).
In this deliberate misinterpretation of "Sing a Song of Sixpence" and its lyrics, the "Sixpence" referred to a Sixpence coin (a decent amount of money in Blackbeard's time) and the "pocketful of rye" was a bag ("pocket") with whiskey ("rye", one of the ingredients of whiskey) that captain Blackbeard gave to each pirate in his crew as a salary ...
Now, Sacagawea, a woman, is on the dollar coin, but no woman has ever been featured on paper money. The group has provided a list of 15 possible candidates, including Susan B. Anthony, Harriet ...
Every dog has his day [a] Every Jack has his Jill [a] Every little bit helps [a] Every man for himself (and the Devil take the hindmost) [a] Every man has his price [a] Every picture tells a story [a] Every stick has two ends [a] Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die [a] Everyone has their price.
The actual solution to this riddle is to add correctly (correct time, correct person and correct location) from the bank point of view which in this case seems to be the problem: First day: $30 in the bank + $20 owner already withdrew = $50. Second day: $15 in the bank + ($15 + $20 owner already withdrew) = $50.
In My Pocket. " In My Pocket " is a song by American singer Mandy Moore for her self-titled second studio album as its opening track. It was released on May 1, 2001, by Epic Records as the lead single from the record. The song was written by Randall Barlow, Emilio Estefan, Liza Quintana, and Gian Marco Zignago and produced by Estefan and Barlow ...
Image of one dollar "Greenback", first issued in 1862. Greenbacks were emergency paper currency issued by the United States during the American Civil War that were printed in green on the back. [ 1 ] They were in two forms: Demand Notes, issued in 1861–1862, [ 1 ] and United States Notes, issued in 1862–1865. [ 2 ]