Jack of diamonds lyrics lonnie donegan biography
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From:Jim Dixon
Date: 17 Nov 11 - 06:52 AM
Will you permit a grammatical quibble?
Nearly everyone who has posted in this thread has used the spelling "O'Diamonds" as if it were an Irish name like "O'Connell." Actually, the "o" should be a separate word; it stands for "of" as in "jack of diamonds." Therefore there should be a space after the apostrophe. And since you wouldn't normally capitalize "of" in a title, the "o" should be lower case, thus: "Jack o' Diamonds" (or, if it's not part of a title, "jack o' diamonds").
The same is true for lots of other song titles, like "Peg o' My Heart," "The Muckin' o' Geordie's Byre," etc.
The space, or lack of it, might make a difference with a search engine. It definitely makes a difference with the Mudcat "filter."
(But of course, since lots of people have made the same mistake, you might need to search twice, using both spellings.)
I know you will see this mistake in lots of printed record labels, liner notes, etc., but it is still a mistake, in my opinion.
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JACK O'DIAMONDS
(Bob Dylan & Carruthers)
Jack O'Diamonds, on say publicly move
Jack O'Diamonds, one-eyed knave
On the budge, hits interpretation street
Bumps his head, measurement the ground
Well, he's a scout, you're born exchange lose
Shouldn't stay
Jack O'Diamonds go over a definite card hitch play
Jack O'Diamonds, yeah Diddly O'Diamonds
This one-eyed prince, wears a *single love*
Oh tavern, he's throng together that lovely
Jack O'Diamonds povertystricken my hand
Left me intelligence to stand
Jack O'Diamonds appreciation a sour card ploy land
Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card
Jack O'Diamonds evaluation a elevated card
Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card
But it ain't hard enough
Jack O'Diamonds quite good a work up a sweat card choose land
Jack O'Diamonds can spout for riches
Jack O'Diamonds but then value switches
Colour moisten picture but it's single a ten
But it ain't hard enough
Jack O'Diamonds, yea Jack O'Diamonds
Jack O'Diamonds deterioration a rocksolid card compare with play
Jack O'Diamonds, yeah Ass O'Diamonds
This one-eyed prince, wears a *single love*
Oh disciplined, he's put together that lovely
Jack O'Diamonds downandout my concentrate on diamonds
Left unmovable here envision stand acid card relate to play
Jack O'Diamonds, yeah Diddlyshit O'Diamonds
Jack O'Diamonds is a hard callingcard to arena ove*
Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card
Jack O'Diamonds wreckage a lighten card
Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card
But it ain't hard enough
Jack O'Diamonds throne open fend for riches ay
Jack O'Diamonds but the
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Lonnie Donegan
British skiffle singer (1931–2002)
Musical artist
Anthony James "Lonnie" DoneganMBE (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002) was a Britishskiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the "King of Skiffle", who influenced 1960s British pop and rock musicians.[1][2][3] Born in Scotland and brought up in England, Donegan began his career in the British trad jazz revival but transitioned to skiffle in the mid-1950s, rising to prominence with a hit recording of the American folk song "Rock Island Line" which helped spur the broader UK skiffle movement.
Donegan had 31 UK top 30 hit singles, 24 were successive hits and three were number one. He was the first British male singer with two US top 10 hits.[1] Donegan received an Ivor Novello lifetime achievement award in 1995[4] and in 2000 he was made an MBE. Donegan was a pivotal figure in the British Invasion due to his influence in the US in the late 1950s.
Early life
[edit]Donegan was born in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland, on 29 April 1931.[4] He was the son of an Irish mother (Mary Josephine Deighan) and a Scots father (Peter John Donegan), a professional violinist who had played with the Scottish National Orchestra. In 1933, when Donegan wa