There is Nothing Quite as Wonderful as Money (officially The Money Song) is a song that appears in "The Money Programme," the twenty-ninth episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Sketch synopsis[]
The Money Song - Monty Python's Flying Circus
The host (Eric Idle) greets his viewers while sitting between a Swiss banker (Terry Gilliam) and a rich man (John Cleese).
He tells his viewers that they're going to look at lots of money, on film and in the studio. He starts bragging about how they're sorted before apologising and admits he likes money and wants all the money in the world, to handle and to touch. The smell of the rain-washed florin, the lure of the lira, the glitter and the glory of the guinea, the romance of the rubl, the feel of the franc, the heel of a deutschmark, the cold antiseptic sting of the Swiss franc, and the suburnt splendour of the Australian dollar. At the climax of his passionate descriptions, he stands on the desk before a piano starts playing and he starts singing about money, joined by men in women's traditional Welsh costumes (The Fred Tomlinson Singers). They continue singing just as piles of money rain down on them, and the Nude Organist (Terry Jones) is shown to have been the one playing the piano.
The BBC continuity announcer (Cleese) and the "It's" man (Michael Palin) lead into the opening titles.
Song[]
Lyrics[]
I've got 90,000 pounds in my pyjamas
I've got 40,000 French francs in my fridge
I've got lots and lots of lira
Now the Deutsche Mark's getting dearer
And my dollar bills would buy the Brooklyn Bridge
There is nothing quite as wonderful as money
There is nothing quite as beautiful as cash
Some people say it's folly
But I rather have the lolly
With money, you can make a smash
There is nothing quite as wonderful as money (money, money, money, money)
There is nothing like a newly minted pound (money, money, money, money)
Everyone must hanker for the butchness of a banker
It's accountancy that makes the world go 'round (round, round, round)
You can keep your Marxist ways
For it's only just a phase
'Cause money, money, money makes the world go round
Money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money
Money!
Official[]
I've got... 90,000 pounds in my pyjamas
I've got 40,000 French francs in my fridge
I've got lots of lovely lira
Now the Deutsche Mark's getting dearer
And my dollar bills would buy the Brooklyn Bridge
There is nothing quite as wonderful as money
There is nothing quite as beautiful as cash
Some people say it's folly
But I rather have the lolly
With money, you can make a splash
There is nothing quite as wonderful as money (money, money, money, money)
There is nothing like a newly minted pound (money, money, money, money)
Everyone must hanker for the butchness of a banker
It's accountancy that makes the world go round (round, round, round)
You can keep your Marxist ways
For it's only just a phase
For it's money, money, money makes the world... go... round
Money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money
Money!