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Manhattan

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Manhattan

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We'll have manhattan

The bronx and staten island, too

It's lovely going through

The zoo

It's very fancy

On old delancey street, you know

The subway charms us so

When balmy breezes blow

To and fro

And tell me what street

Compares with mott street

In july

Sweet pushcarts gently gliding by

The great big city's a wondrous toy

Just made for a girl and boy

We'll turn manhattan

Into an isle of joy

We'll go to greenwich

Where modern men itch

To be free

And bowling green you'll see

With me

We'll bathe at brighton

The fish you'll frighten

When you're in

Your bathing suit so thin

Will make the shellfish grin

Fin to fin

I'd like to take a

Sail on jamaica bay with you

And fair canarsie's lake

We'll view

The city's bustle cannot destroy

The dreams of a girl and boy

We'll turn manhattan

Into an isle of joy

We'll go to yonkers

Where true love conquers

In the wilds

And starve together, dear

In childs'

We'll go to coney

And eat baloney

On a roll

In central park we'll stroll

Where our first kiss we stole

Soul to soul

Our future babies

We'll take to "abie's irish rose"

I hope they'll live to see

It close

The city's clamor can never spoil

The dreams of a boy and goil

We'll turn manhattan

Into an isle of joy

We'll have manhattan

The bronx and staten island, too

We'll try to cross fifth avenue

As black as onyx

We'll find the bronnix park express

Our flatbush flat, I guess

Will be a great success

More or less

A short vacation

On inspiration point

We'll spend

And in the station house we'll end

But civic virtue cannot destroy

The dreams of a girl and boy

We'll turn manhattan

Into an isle of joy

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