| The King of New York |
| Mush: A pair of new shoes with matchin' laces! Racetrack: A permanent box at Sheepshead Races! Spot: A porcelain tub wit boilin' water! Kid Blink: A Saturday night wit the mayor's daughter! Racetrack: Look at me! I'm the King of New York! Suddenly I'm respectable starin' right atcha lousy with stature. Jack: Nobbin' wit all the muckety mucks I'm blowin' my dough and goin' deluxe Racetrack: and there i be! Ain't I pretty? Jack and Racetrack: It's my city I'm the King of New York! Boots: A corderoy suit with fitted knickers! Les: A mezannine seat to see the flickers! Snipeshooter: Havana cigars that cost a quarter! Davey: An editor's desk for the star reporter! Newsies: Tip your hat! He's the king of new york! Denton: How 'bout that, I"m the king of New York! Newsies: In nothin' flat he'll be coverin' Brooklyn to Trenton, our man Denton! Kid Blink: Makin' the headlines out of a hunch! Denton: Protectin' the weak Racetrack: and payin' for lunch Denton: When I"m at bat, strong men crumble, Racetrack: Proud yet humble Racetrack and Denton: I'm (he's) the King of New York Newsies: I've gotta be either dead or dreamin' cause look at that pape with my face beamin' tomorrow they may wrap fishes in it, but I was a star for one whole minute! Startin' now, I'm the king of new york Denton: Ain'tcha heard? I'm the king of New York! Newsies: Holy cow! It's a miracle PUlitzer's cryin' Weasel he's dyin' Flashpots are shootin' bright as the sun I'm one high palootin' sun of a gun Don't ask me how, fortune found me, fate just crowned me, now I'm king of New York Look and see once a piker, now a striker, I"m the King of New York Victory! Front page story, Guts and glory, I'm the king of New York! |
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