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Smithsonian Folkways, in collaboration with the Museum of American Finance, has released a CD of folk and blues songs about money and the lack of it, called If You Ain't Got the Do-Re-Mi: Songs from Rags to Riches. Selections include songs by Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Josh White, and Joe Glazer, among others. Many of the songs date from the Depression Era, but their relevance rings true today, for any of us feeling the financial pinch of debt. Funny and poignant, these songs might make you laugh or cry or just check your wallet to see if you do have that do-re-mi.