The Millionaire Song - 1895 - The Shop Girl

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 05 Aug 2001

In the steerage of a Liner
I went out to be a miner,
And in search of gold
Proceeded for to roam,
I had nothing worth a button,
But a little tea and mutton,
And a copy of the
"Miner's Dream of Home,"
So I turn'd the soil and dug it,
But I never found a nugget,
And I nearly left the diggings in despair.
When without the slightest warning,
Why I struck a reef one morning,
And I left my claim a splendid millionaire!
Ah! Ha, Ha, a splendid millionaire,
Without a single care,
Instead of an unlucky desperado.
I strode into the town,
No longer Bunco Brown,
But plutocratic Brown of Colorado!

Then a company I founded
With a capital unbounded,
To develop the bonanza I had found,
And I sold them an extension,
Which I quite forgot to mention
Was located on another's party ground!
Then I rigg'd a little corner,
Like the cure inventing Warner,
And I hammer'd ev'ry man that sold a bear;
Such a skillful operation
Is a very good foundation
For the fortune of a mighty millionaire!
Ah! Ha, ha, A mighty millionaire,
I occupy the chair, with dignity,
But no illbred bravado!
The master and the lord,
The Boss of Brown's reward,
In that romantic land of Colorado!

Now to Briton's noble scions,
I'm the biggest of the lions,
There is hardly anything I couldn't buy!
There are Duchesses in batches
All intent on making matches,
And the girls are not particularly shy!
I have bought a dozen places
That belong'd to noble races,
And a hundred moors and forests
Here and there!
And I pay a sum infernal
To support an ev'ning journal,
It's the fashion for a modern millionaire,
Ah: Ha, ha, A gorgeous millionaire,
I'm master ev'rywhere,
As absolute as Kaiser or Mikado.
Some day I'll buy a crown,
And be a Royal Brown,
His Majesty King Brown of Colorado!

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Millionaire Song from 'The Shop Girl' 1895 Monckton-Ross
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Millionaire Song from 'The Shop Girl' 1895 Monckton-Ross
The Millionaire Song
from The Musical Farce
'The Shop Girl'
words by Adrian Ross
Music by Lionel Monckton
© 1895 Hopwood and Crew
Sung with immense success by
Mr. Colin Coop
Originally produced at The Gaiety Theatre, London
Sequenced for Piano by
Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Sunday 05 Aug 2001
in association with Doug Grierson
and Bunty Pritchard Jones
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© James Pitt-Payne, London UK, 2001
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