it's new years day and the chocolate euro is now the official chocolate curency of the european union. my chocolate francs and guilders are still tasty and decicious and they have inspired me to write the following ode.

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goodbye graceful guilders
au revoir faithful francs
for your tireless service
i want to say thanks

the touch of the shilling
its weight in my hand
the charming peseta
you've all been so grand.

good bye my dear drachma
kind dinar - farewell
we'll miss you fair markka
you've all served us well

the deutsche mark's retiring
the lira will rest
'cause the money big wigs
say its for the best

from athens to antwerp
where currency flows
its time to make friends
with the new euros

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