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On The Town by Musical

New York, New (1)________ by
OZZIE:
Come on, Gabey, (2)__________ up!

CHIP:
Twenty-four hours!

SAILOR:
Hey, why don't ya (3)________ where you're goin'.
You'd think it was (4)________ first time in New York!

GABEY:
It is!

(The sailors look (5)____________ them, (6)______________ absorbing the scene.)

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

GABEY:
We've got one day (7)________ and not (8)______________ minute
To see the famous sights!

OZZIE:
We'll find the romance and danger waiting in it
Beneath the (9)________________ lights;
But we've (10)________ 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 (11)__________________ (12)________ reverence and excitement)

Gabey, it (13)________ (14)________ "There are 20,000 (15)______________ in New York,
not counting MacDougal Alley the heart of Green-Witch Village,
a charming thoroughfare filled with..."

OZZIE:
Here we go again!

CHIP:
The (16)____________ (17)____________ 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 (18)__________ town
From Yonkers on (19)________ to the Bay.

GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
In (20)________ one day!

New York, New York, a visitor's place,
Where no one lives on account of the pace,
But (21)__________ (22)________________ are screaming for space.
New York, New York, it's a visitor's place!

(Two sailors enter, (23)______________ and weary-looking -
one happy, one (24)________ 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 remember everything!

(Tom and (25)________ 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 just one day;
Gotta pick up a date...

CHIP:
Maybe seven...

OZZIE:
Or eight
On (26)________ way.

GABEY, CHIP, OZZIE:
In just 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 (27)______________ town!!
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