Manhattan
Dinah Shore

Summer journeys
To Niagara
And to other places
Aggravate all our cares
We'll save our fares

I've a cozy little flat
In what is known as old Manhattan
We'll settle down
Right here in town

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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  (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons   (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons [1946][Versio...   A Penny a Kiss   A Penny a Kiss, A Penny a Hug   A Rainy Night in Rio   A Rainy Night in Rio [1946][Version]   A Wonderful Guy   All I Do Is Dream of You   All I Need Is You   All That Glitters Is Not Gold   All That Glitters Is Not Gold [1946][Version]   Along the Navajo Trail   Always True to You in My Fashion   Am I Blue?   Amor   Anniversary Song   Anniversary Song [1946][Version]   Anniversary Song [From the Jolson Story]   Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home   April in Paris   As Long as I Live   Basin Street Blues   Be My Love   Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo   Bluebird of Happiness   Blues in the Night   Body & Soul   Body and Soul   Body and Soul [1941]   Buttons and Bows   Buttons and Bows [1948]   Bye Bye Blues   Can Anyone Explain?   Candy   Careless   Carolina in the Morning   Changing Partners   Chantez Chantez   Chantez-Chantez (Shan-Tay, "Sing")   Chantez, Chantez   Chloe   Come Rain or Come Shine   Come Rain or Come Shine [DVD]   Cry Me a River   Crying Time   Darn That Dream   Day In - Day Out   Day in Day Out   Dear Hearts and Gentle People   Dearly Beloved   Dearly Beloved [From You Were Never Lovelier]   Deep Purple   Do It Again   Doin' What Comes Natur'lly   Doin' What Comes Naturally   Down Argentina Way   Down Argentina Way [1940]   East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)   Easy to Love   Embraceable You   Falling in Love With Love   Falling in Love with You   Far Away Places   Fascination   Fascination [From Love in the Afternoon]   Fly Away   For the Good Times   Forever and Ever   Get Out of Town   Getting to Know You   Golden Earrings   Golden Earrings [1947]   Gotta Be This or That   Gypsy   Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas   Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [*]   He's Home For A Little While   Honeysuckle Rose   Hooray for Love   Hooray for Love [DVD]   How About You?   How Come You Do Me Like You Do [1940]   How Come You Do Me Like You Do?   How Deep Is the Ocean?   How High the Moon   How High the Moon [1945]   How Long Has This Been Going On?   How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You)   How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You) [1947]   How Sweet You Are   I Ain’t Down Yet   I Concentrate on You   I Could Have Danced All Night   I Could Have Danced All Night [*]   I Fall in Love Too Easily   I Had Myself a True Love   I Only Have Eyes for You   I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of You)   I Thought About You   I Whistle a Happy Tune [*]   I Wish I Knew   I'll Walk Alone   I’ve Got You Under My Skin   If I Had You   If I Were a Bell   It All Depends on You   It Had to Be You   It Was Written in the Stars   It's Been a Long, Long Time   It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House   It’s so Nice to Have a Man Around   Jim   Jingle Bells   Laughing on the Outside   Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)   Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside) [19...   Laura   Laura [1945]   Lights Out   Like Someone in Love   Like Someone in Love [#][*]   Little Green Apples   Little White Lies   Little White Lies [1947]   Love And Marriage   Love Is Here to Stay   Love Me or Leave Me   Love Walked In   Love Walked In, song (from the The Goldwyn Follies...   Loveless Love   Lover Come Back to Me   Lover, Come Back to Me   Mack the Knife   Mad About Him, Sad About Him, How Can I Be Glad Wi...   Mad About the Boy   Make the World Go Away   Man I Love   Manhattan Serenade   Maybe   Medley Where or When Easy to Love Get out of Town ...   Merry Christmas Polka   Miss You   Mississippi Mud   Moments Like This   Mood Indigo   Mood Indigo [1940]   Murder, He Says   My Buddy   My Funny Valentine   My Funny Valentine [From Babes in Arms]   My Heart Cries for You   My Isle of Golden Dreams   My Man [1940]   My Man’s Gone Now   My Melancholy Baby   My One and Only Highland Fling   My Own True Love   My Romance   My Romance [#]   My Romance [From Jumbo]   New-Fangled Tango   Nice Work If You Can Get It   Night and Day   Night and Day [1946][Version]   Nobody Else But Me   Not Mine   Now I Know   O Little Town of Bethlehem   Oh Little Town of Bethlehem   Once in a While   One Less Bell to Answer   Only Love Is Real   Orchids in the Moonlight   Paradise   Personality   Rainy Night in Rio   Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On   Say It   Scarlet Ribbons   Sentimental Journey   Shake Down the Stars   Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy   Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy [1946][Version]   Shoo Shoo Baby   Shoo Shoo Baby [1944]   Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy   Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple-Pan Dowdy   Silent Night   Skylark   Sleepy Lagoon   Sleepy Lagoon [1942]   Sleepy Time Gal   Sleigh Ride in July   Smoke Gets in Your Eyes   Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [1940]   So in Love   Somebody Loves Me   Somebody Loves Me [1940]   Someday, Sweetheart   Someone to Watch Over Me   Something to Remember You By   Something Wonderful   Something Wonderful [Dinah Shore Sings Rodgers & H...   Sooner or Later   Sophisticated Lady   Sophisticated Lady [1941]   South American Way   St. Louis Blues   Stardust   Stardust [1941]   Stars Fell on Alabama [#][*]   Sweet Violets   Take Me Home   Taking a Chance on Love   Tea for Two   Temptation   Tess's Torch Song   That Old Black Magic [DVD]   That Old Feeling   The Anniversary Song   The Battle of New Orleans   The Best of My Love   The Best Things in Life Are Free   The Birth of the Blues   The End of a Love Affair   The First Noël   The Gentleman Is a Dope   The Gypsy   The Gypsy [1946][Version]   The Hungry Years   The Last Time I Saw Paris [From Till the Clouds Ro...   The Lonesome Road   The Man I Love   The Man I Love [1945]   The Man I Love [Duet Version][#][*]   The Man I Love [From Strike Up the Band]   The Man That Got Away [DVD]   The Merry Christmas Polka   The Most Beautiful Guy   The Nearness of You   The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)   The One I Love (Belongs to Someone Else)   The Song Is Ended   The Thrill Is Gone   The Way You Look Tonight   Then I’ll Be Tired of You   These Foolish Things   Three Coins in the Fountain   Three Little Sisters   Through a Long and Sleepless Night   Way Down Yonder in New Orleans   What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?   What Child Is This?   Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)   Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets) [From Damn Yankees...   When a Woman Loves a Man   When I Fall in Love   When I Grow Too Old to Dream   When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano   Where or When   Who Cares What People Say?   Yes, My Darling Daughter   Yes, My Darling Daughter [1940]   You and I   You Are Too Beautiful   You Keep Coming Back Like A Song   You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To   Younger Than Springtime   Yours (Quiereme Mucho)   Yours (Quiereme Mucho) [Bolero]   Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart   Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart [1945]

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