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Thread #52144   Message #3155499
Posted By: Jim Dixon
17-May-11 - 12:36 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Diamond King (Scott/Mills, 1895)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boer war song Kimberley diamond mine
Oxford University has the sheet music, described thus:

THE DIAMOND KING, or, A REAL LIVE MILLIONAIRE: a skit suggested by the Barney Barnato craze
Words by Bennett Scott; music by A. J. Mills; sung by D. J. McCarthy
London: Francis, Day & Hunter, ©1895.

First line: I've just arriv'd from Kimberley.
First line of chorus: I'm the di'mond king.