'Take a Penny, Leave a Penny' Day

Remember the quote, 'take a penny, leave a penny'? Well, it is an actual day on the calendar, and today is that day. In light of this quote, there are some other quips that talk about pennies like 'pennies from heaven' or 'a penny for your thoughts'. And, Abraham Lincoln is the U.S. President on the penny. Interesting to think about, huh?

Being that we LOVE song lyrics, let us pay homage to a great song by The Beatles called, 'Penny Lane' on this special day:

In Penny Lane, there is a barber showing photographs Of every head he's had the pleasure to know And all the people that come and go Stop and say hello On the corner is a banker with a motorcar And little children laugh at him behind his back And the banker never wears a mac in the pouring rain Very strange

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes Wet beneath the blue suburban skies I sit and meanwhile back in

Penny Lane, there is a fireman with an hourglass And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen He likes to keep his fire engine clean It's a clean machine

Penny Lane, is in my ears and in my eyes A four of fish and finger pies In summer, meanwhile back

Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout A pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray And though she feels as if she's in a play She is anyway Penny Lane, the barber shaves another customer We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim And then, the fireman rushes in from the pouring rain Very strange

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes There beneath the blue suburban skies I sit and meanwhile back Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes There beneath the blue suburban skies

Penny Lane

So, let us not forget to 'take a penny, leave a penny' on this Magical Monday.