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Due to landscape gardeners' gifted |
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father knickerbocker spaces are being lifted so much |
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That you hardly know it as such |
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All the streets are being dressed up |
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So before they ruin Broadway,I suggest that you go |
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To the city fathers and say, "Whoa!" |
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Glorify sixth avenue |
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And put bathrooms in the zoo |
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But please don't monkey with Broadway |
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Put big flood lights in the park |
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And put Harlem in the dark |
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But please don't monkey with Broadway |
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Though it's tawdry and plain |
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It's a lovely old lane |
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Full of landmarks galore and memories gay |
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So move Grant's tomb to Union Square |
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And put Brooklyn anywhere |
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But please, please, I beg on my knees |
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Don't monkey with old Broadway |
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Plant trees in the polo grounds |
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And put Yorkville out of bounds |
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But please don't monkey with Broadway |
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Close the village honky tonks |
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And suppress cheering in the Bronx |
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But please don't monkey with Broadway |
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Think what names used to dance |
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On this road of romance |
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Think what stars used to stroll along it all day |
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Make City Hall a skating rink |
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And push Wall Street in the drink |
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But please, please, I beg on my knees |
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Don't monkey with old Broadway |
