No. 16 - Song - Brown and Chorus

from "The Shop Girl"
Music by Lionel Monckton
Words by Adrian Ross
Sequenced by Colin Johnson
All Rights Reserved

By Lionel Monckton
Generated by NoteWorthy Composer

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

[Brown:] Then a company I founded
with a capital unbounded,
To develop the bananza I had found.
[Chorus:] He had found!
[Brown:] And I sold them an extension
Which I quite forgot to mention
Was located on another party's ground.
[Chorus:] Party's ground!
[Brown:] Then I rigged a little corner,
Like the cure inventing Warner,
And I hammer'd ev'ry man that sold a bear;
[Chorus:] Sold a bear!
[Brown:] Such a skillful operation
Is a very good foundation
For the fortune of a mighty millionaire! Ah!
[Chorus:] Millionaire!
[Brown:] Ha, ha, a mighty millionaire,
[Chorus:] Yes!
[Brown:] I occupy the chair,
[Chorus:] Yes!
[Brown:] With dignity, but no ill-bred bravado,
The master and the lord,
[Chorus:] Yes!
[Brown:] The Boss of Brown's reward,
[Chorus:] Yes!
[Brown:] In that romantic land of Colorado!
[Chorus:] A mighty millionaire,
He occupies the chair,
With dignity, but no ill-bred bravado,
The master and the lord,
The Boss of Brown's reward,
In that romantic land of Colorado!

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

Karaoke version by Colin Johnson

No. 16 - Song - Brown and Chorus
Soft karaoke
Words
Brown
Sopranos
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