All That Gold! Songtext
von Gian Carlo Menotti

All that gold
All that gold
I wonder if rich people know
What to do with their gold?
Do they know how a child could be fed?
Do rich people know?
Do they know that a house can be kept warm all day, with burning logs?
Do rich people know?


Do they know how to roast sweet corn by the fire?
Do they know?
Do they know?
How to fill a courtyard with doves
Do they know?
Do they know?
Do they know how to milk a clover fed goat?
Do they know?
Do they know?
How to spice hot wine on cold winter nights?
Do they know?
Do they know?
All that gold!
All that gold!

Oh, what I could do for my child with that gold.
Why should it all go to a child,
They don′t even know
They are asleep.
Do I dare, if I take some they'll never miss it.
For my child
For my child
For my child
For my child