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Ode to the Coin Collector's Wife

By Dan Lewis | Wed, 17 May 2006

Here's a saying we?ve all heard before, I think,
"Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink".
Shipwrecked people shout it, as they drift upon the sea,
And it sure is bad, but the saddest cry,
Is the one you hear, when you lend an ear,
To the Coin Collector's Wife. 

Money, money everywhere, but not a dime to spend,
If this keeps up, our marriage will be coming to an end.
Money in every dresser drawer and money on the shelf,
But not one thin dime I find to spend upon myself.
Lincoln Cents and Mercury Dimes, Washington Quarters too!
Some of them are old and worn, some of them are new.
The paycheck he gets doesn't mean a thing to me,
'Cause hubby needs a 1909-S Lincoln VDB.
As soon as he gets the coin, he'll be looking for some other,
I might be better off if I went on home to mother.
One day in desperation I took a old half dollar,
He said it was a commemorative and you should have heard him holler!

Another time I took a coin he told me was a "proof",
When I told him I had spent it, he went right through the roof!
With all that money 'round the house, we're really very poor,
And I'm getting sick and tired of it, of that I'm really sure!
So my advice to single girls, if you want a happy life,
Don't marry a coin collector and become a coin collector's wife.
Money, money everywhere and not a dime to spend,
Don't ever let a coin collector become more than just a friend!

Author Unknown (Revised by Dan Lewis)