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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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