MUSH:

A pair of new shoes with matchin' laces!



RACETRACK:

A permanent box at Sheepshead races!



SPOT CONLON:

A porcelain tub with boilin' water!



KID BLINK:

A Saturday night with the mayor's daughter!



RACETRACK:

Look at me

I'm the king of New York

Suddenly

I'm respectable

Starin' right at 'cha

Lousy with stature



JACK:

Nobbin' with all the muckety-mucks

I'm blowin' my dough and goin' deluxe



RACETRACK:

And there I be

Ain't I pretty?



RACETRACK and JACK:

It's my city

I'm the king of New York!



BOOTS:

A corduroy suit with fitted knickers



LES:

A mezzanine seat to see the flickers



SNIPESHOOTER:

Havana cigars that cost a quarter



DAVID:

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 nothing flat

He'll be covering

Brooklyn to Trenton

Our man Denton



KID BLINK:

Makin' a headline out of a hunch



DENTON:

Protecting 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



ALL:

I 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't ya heard?

I'm the king of New York



ALL:

Holy cow

It's miracle

Pulitzer's cryin'

Weasel, he's dyin'

Flashpots are shootin' bright as the sun

I'm one highfalutin' son-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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