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On The Town by Musical

New York, New (1)________ by
OZZIE:
Come on, Gabey, hurry up!

CHIP:
Twenty-four hours!

SAILOR:
Hey, why don't ya look where you're goin'.
You'd think it was (2)________ first (3)________ in New York!

GABEY:
It is!

(The sailors look around them, happily (4)__________________ the scene.)

GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
New York, New York!
It's a helluva town!

GABEY:
We've got one day here and not (5)______________ minute
To see the famous sights!

OZZIE:
We'll find the romance and (6)____________ waiting in it
Beneath the (7)________________ lights;
But we've hair on our chests
So what we like the best are the nights
Sights! Lights! Nights!

GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
New York, New York, a helluva town.
The Bronx is up, but the Battery's down.
The people ride in a hole in the groun'.
New York, New York, it's a helluva town!

CHIP:
(points to Empire State Building)
Hey, Gabey! Gabey, look.

(consulting his guidebook (8)________ reverence and excitement)

Gabey, it says (9)________ "There are 20,000 streets in New York,
not counting MacDougal Alley the heart of Green-Witch Village,
a (10)________________ thoroughfare (11)____________ with..."

OZZIE:
Here we go again!

CHIP:
The (12)____________ places to visit are so many,
Or so the guidebooks say.
I (13)________________ Daddy I wouldn't miss on any.
And we (14)________ just one day.
Got to see the whole town
From (15)______________ on (16)________ to the Bay.

GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
In just one day!

New York, New York, a visitor's place,
Where no one (17)__________ on (18)______________ of the pace,
But (19)__________ millions are screaming for space.
New York, New York, it's a visitor's place!

(Two sailors enter, weaving and weary-looking -
one happy, one very glum.)

GABEY:
Hey! Look who's comin' back! It's Tom and Andy!

OZZIE:
Hey, Tom, Andy! Hey, fellas, how are the New York dames?

ANDY:
Wonderful - I don't remember a thing!

TOM:
Awful! I (20)________________ everything!

(Tom and (21)________ exit.)

OZZIE:

Manhattan women are (22)______________ in (23)________ and satin,
Or so the fellas say;
There's (24)________ one thing that's important in Manhattan,
When you have just one day;
Gotta pick up a date...

CHIP:
Maybe seven...

OZZIE:
Or eight
On your way.

GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
In (25)________ one day!

New York, New York, a helluva town.
The Bronx is up, but the Battery's down.
The people ride in a hole in the groun'.
New York, New York, it's a helluva town!!
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