Co-write with Brian Ralston of Australia and a song for the time I reckon. Fun, moral tale based on a true story about the Bank of England in the 1800s , and now included on a resource database of new music for schools in the UK.

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Co-write with Brian Ralston aka SelfTort of Australia last year....a song for the time I reckon, and a lot of fun to write.

Its now included on a resource database of new music for schools in the UK.

I'd been amused by this moral tale in a funny "Believe it or not" type of book.
Its a based on what was apparently a true story from the 1800s, and tells of a workman of integrity and the Bank of England.

Being inquisitive, I contacted the Bank and found out that it is indeed a true story in essence.

Brian is a Lawyer in Sydney, and one of only four collaborators who I've had the chance to meet in person when I was in Australia in Dec 06.
He really is on my wavelength with lyrics of this kind.

Here's the link to the story in case you're interested.
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/museum/walkthrough/stories3.htm

A TWO GRAND WAGER

In the year of 1800,
The Bank of England made a move,
A workman said theyd blundered,
And the blunder would be proved.

The new gold vault was strong and safe,
So they offered him two grand,
No way the gold of England
Could be rifled by this man.

Chorus
A two grand wager,
Worth more than a million pounds today,
A two grand wager,
And the workman made them pay it all,
He made the Governor eat his hat and gratefully decree,
The workman was indeed a man of deep integrity.

Some admired his honesty,
Some said What a fool
But he just waited patiently,
Surrounded by a pool of nuggets

When the staff arrived
He wryly started to explain,
Hed entered through a trap door,
From the sewers and the drains

Chorus
A two grand wager,
Worth more than a million pounds today,
A two grand wager,
And the workman made them pay it all,
He made the Governor eat his hat,
And gratefully decree,
That the workman was indeed a man of deep integrity

Bridge
What an honest man he was
He was honest to a fault,
When he could have easily stolen,
All the nuggets from the vault.

Chorus
A two grand wager,
Worth more than a million pounds today,
A two grand wager,
And the workman made them pay it all,
He made the Governor eat his hat, and gratefully decree,
That the workman was indeed a man of deep integrity
Yes the workman was indeed a man of deep integrity

Words/Music Carol Douglas/Brian Ralston (aka SelfTort)