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A huge hit of the day by Tom Leamore (1866-1939) who was one of those cheery comedians who seem to have been pretty moody offstage…he actually had a simultaneous boxing career at first before this song made his career.

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No doubt to see me you'd think I am
A millionaire by the clothes I wear
Think that I ride in my carriage and pair
Round Leicester Square to make folks stare
I've got no 'oof, but I always play spoof
I'm a rickety rackety bloke
I'm as happy as the Prince of Wales
Although I'm stony broke.

Chorus: As I go out the people shout
'Here he comes, clear the way'
They think I'm a millionaire, they do
From Johannesburg in South Africa
They think I've got tons of the stuff in the bank
But I'm stony broke you know
I'm a slasher, a dasher, the up-to-date masher,
I'm Percy from Pimlico.

Each night you'll see me stroll the Strand
I look a don, with my bridle on
People all stare as I stroll along
And shout, 'What ho! Where’s he sprung from?'
Then in the bar, with a topper, ha, ha
I'm spooning both Maudie and Nell
I pinch their cheeks if I get the chance
I pinch their purses as well

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from The Seven Curses Of The Music Hall, released April 29, 2018

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Songs of the British Music Hall as no one intended them to be heard!

A London based musical rabble (as in Websters definition of ‘a large group of loud people who could become violent.’). A group of individuals now busy dragging up evil smelling offerings from demolished music halls, deconsecrated chapels and boarded up public houses. ... more

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