Manhattan Lyrics - 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