Fred Gilbert

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Fred Gilbert The Man that broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1892)

You can hear the girls declare
"He must be a Millionaire"
You can hear them sigh, And wish to die,
You can see them wink the other eye
At the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo.
I stay indoors till after lunch, and then my daily walk
To the great Triumphal Arch is one grand triumphal march.
Observed by each observer with the keenness of a hawk,
I'm a mass of money, linen, silk and starch—
I'm a mass of money, linen, silk and starch.
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