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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)________ (3)__________ time in New York!

GABEY:
It is!

(The sailors look around them, (4)______________ (5)__________________ the scene.)

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

GABEY:
We've got one day here and not another minute
To see the famous sights!

OZZIE:
We'll find the romance and danger waiting in it
Beneath the Broadway lights;
But we've hair on our chests
So (6)________ we like the (7)________ 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 (8)____________ ride in a hole in the groun'.
New York, New York, it's a helluva town!

CHIP:
(points to Empire (9)__________ Building)
Hey, Gabey! Gabey, look.

(consulting his guidebook (10)________ reverence and excitement)

Gabey, it says here "There are 20,000 streets in New York,
not counting (11)__________________ (12)__________ the (13)__________ of Green-Witch Village,
a charming thoroughfare (14)____________ with..."

OZZIE:
Here we go again!

CHIP:
The famous places to visit are so many,
Or so the guidebooks say.
I promised Daddy I wouldn't miss on any.
And we have just one day.
Got to see the whole town
From Yonkers on (15)________ to the Bay.

GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
In (16)________ one day!

New York, New York, a visitor's place,
Where no one lives on account of the pace,
But seven (17)________________ are screaming for space.
New York, New York, it's a visitor's place!

(Two sailors enter, weaving and weary-looking -
one happy, one (18)________ glum.)

GABEY:
Hey! (19)________ 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 Andy exit.)

OZZIE:

Manhattan women are dressed in silk and satin,
Or so the fellas say;
There's just one thing that's important in Manhattan,
When you have (21)________ one day;
Gotta pick up a date...

CHIP:
Maybe seven...

OZZIE:
Or eight
On your way.

GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
In just one day!

New York, New York, a (22)______________ 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 (23)______________ town!!
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