Manhattan
Lee Wiley

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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  A Ghost of a Chance   A Hundred Years from Today   A Hundred Years from Today [Take A]   A Little Birdie Told Me So   A Ship Without a Sail   All I Remember Is You   Any Time Any Day Any Where   Any Time, Any Day, Anywhere   Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere   Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea   Body & Soul   Body and Soul   But Not for Me   But Not for Me [Alternate Take]   But Not for Me [From Girl Crazy]   By Myself   Careless Love   Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?   Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? [*]   Down to Steamboat Tennessee   Down to Steamboat, Tennessee   East of the Sun   East of the Sun (West of the Moon)   Easy Come, Easy Go   Easy to Love   Easy to Love [Take 1][Version]   Easy to Love [Take 2][Version]   Find Me a Primitive Man   Find Me a Primitive Man [Take 8][Version]   Fools Fall in Love   Ghost of a Chance   Glad to Be Unhappy   Got the South in My Soul   Hallelujah   Hands Across the Table   Hands Across the Table [Take B]   Heat Wave   Here in My Arms   Here in My Arms [DeArest Enemy]   How Deep Is the Ocean   How Deep Is the Ocean?   How Long Has This Been Going On   How Long Has This Been Going On?   I Cried for You   I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues   I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues [Alternate Take][#...   I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues [Take 1][#]   I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues [Take 2]   I Left My Heart in San Francisco   I Left My Heart in San Francisco [Take 1][*]   If I Love Again   Indiana [Flawed-Take 3]   Limehouse Blues   Make Believe   Memories of You   Memories of You [Alternate Take]   Moon River   Moonstruck   More Than You Know   Motherless Child   My Funny Valentine   My Heart Stood Still   My Ideal   My One and Only   My One and Only (What Am I Gonna Do?)   My Romance   On the Sentimental Side   On the Sunny Side of the Street   On the Sunny Side of the Street   Once in a While   Paradise   Robins and Roses [Radio Broadcast]   Robins and Roses [Radio Broadcast]   Somebody Loves Me   Someone to Watch over Me   Someone to Watch over Me [Alternate Take]   Stars Fell on Alabama   Stars Fell on Alabama [*]   Still Suits Me   Stormy Weather   Street of Dreams   Summertime   Summertime [Radio Broadcast]   Tea for Two   The Ace in the Hole   The Lonesome Road   The Lonesome Road [Rehearsal & Take 1]   The Lonesome Road [Take 3][*]   The Lonesome Road [Take 6 A - Take 6 with Overdubb...   The Lonesome Road [Take 6a-take 6][*]   The Man I Love   The Man I Love [Alternate Take]   Time on My Hands   Time on My Hands (You in My Arms)   Time on My Hands [Take 1]   When a Lady Meets a Gentleman Down South   When I Fall in Love   When Your Lover Has Gone   You Do Something to Me   You Do Something to Me [Take 1]   You Do Something to Me [Take 2]   You Do Something to Me [Take 3]   You Do Something to Me [Take 4]   You Do Something to Me [Take 5][Version]   You Do Something to Me [Take 6][Version]   You Do Something to Me [Talking]   You Do Something to Me [Talking]   You Leave Me Breathless   You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby   You Took Advantage of Me

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