"I've promised to take the finance department our for their annual, low-cost jolly. Do you know any quietly rousing or funny accounting songs they could sing to cheer themselves up?"
Darren G, Group Financial Controller
Our Suggested Solution....
AARS 12: 8 Auditing & Accounting Songs and Anthems For Your i-Pod!
WHO said accountants weren't creative? Take a look at these counting classics.
Why not stand up on your desk and sing along?
Better still, get your colleagues to join in with some old-fashioned accounting harmony!
A timeless ditty passed down through the accounting generations. Legend has it that it was penned by Lord Helpus - Patron Saint of Alternative Accountants - when doing his dastardly double-entry deeds.
In this version, alternative accountants take time out to sing and be merry during a rare away-from-desk lunch break.
This counting classic will stir controlled-passion in even the most seasoned accountant!
To be sung to the melody of Queen's anthem "We Are The Champions"
We Are Accountants
I've paid my subs Time after time I've done my CPD Filed accounts on time
And material errors I've made a few I've had my share of journals kicked in my face But I've come through
We are accountants, my friends And we'll keep on counting - 'til month end We are accountants - We are accountants No time for lunch breaks 'Cause we are accountants - of the world -
I've taken work home Had late conference calls - You brought me useful provisions - and the documentation that goes with it - I thank you all -
But it's been no box of Roses No mid-month snooze I consider it a challenge before that large audit case - And I ain't gonna lose -
We are accountants, my friends And we'll keep on counting - 'til month end We are accountants - We are accountants No time for lunch break 'Cause we are accountants - of the world -
Numbers can be fun! Combine the tap-tap-tap rhythm of the calculator with the European Working Hours Directive, add some catchy lyrics and, bingo - you have the makings of an accounting smash hit.
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This audit anthem is bound to get calculators tapping in the audit room!
To be sung to the melody of Dion and the Belmonts' classic "The Wanderer"
The Auditor
Oh well, I'm the type of guy who will never sit down Where arch lever files are well, you know that I'm around I open 'em and I tick 'em 'cause to me they're all the same I copy 'em and I lose 'em or send 'em back from where they came
They call me the Auditor Yeah, the auditor I walk around, around, around
Oh well there's Raj on my left and there's Rosie on my right And this is the laptop that I'll be with tonight And when they ask me which client I love the best I pull open my case and put these files upon my desk
'Cause I'm the Auditor Yeah, the auditor I walk around, around, around
Oh well I drive from town to town Park anywhere without a care If I'm not happy I wear a frown And with last year's files in my case - I ain't goin' nowhere
I'm the type of guy that likes to walk around I'm never in one place the lift takes me up and down And when I find myself nearly fallin' for some spin I run right back to my desk and fill my schedules in
Yeah I'm the Auditor Yeah, the auditor I walk around, around, around
Oh yeah, I'm the type of guy that likes to drive around I'm never in one place we've got clients in every town And when I find myself fallin' for some spin I run right back to my desk and fill my schedules in
Yeah I'm an Auditor Yeah, an auditor I walk around, around, around
'Cause I'm an Auditor Yeah, an auditor I drive around, around, around
Nothing can get an accountant's foot tappin' like the accounting Enron scandal and Sarbanes Oxley put to a boogie beat. Why not sing along with this near-famous CPA and his potential smash hit!
A truly successful accountant is one who builds bridges across all functions! In this classic video, a CFO has taken that message to the extreme. Can you spot the Finance Department?
