"A WARRIOR BOLD."
♦ Mr Michael Maybrick, ex-Mayor of Ryde, Isle of "Wight, but more widely known as Stephen Adams, writer of many popular songs, speaking at the Ryde mayoral banquet, said it was a great gratification to him that his songs had given pleasure to thousands of people. He wrote his first song, "A Warrior Bold," and also "Nancy Lee," while ill in bed. He sold the former for five shillings, but the royalty brought his receipts'beyond four figures. He offered "Nancy Lee" to a firm of publishers for 20 guineas, but after his successful singing of it at St. James' Hall he was offered 100 guineas. The publishers' first refusal cost them several thousands of pounds, which had been produced by the royalty on the song. '
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Mataura Ensign, 30 December 1911, Page 5
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127"A WARRIOR BOLD." Mataura Ensign, 30 December 1911, Page 5
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