Chapter Two: The Rothschilds

Third installment of 'The Razzmatazz'

Mayer Amschel Rothschild was the patriarch of the Rothschild banking dynasty.

By Todd Snider

before we fell for "paper money,”        

we fell for “gold." 

eventually we would carry pieces of paper

to signify the gold we had but could not carry.

we kept the gold we had but could not carry

with a man named rothschild