Mush:A pair of new shoes with matching laces
Race:A permanent box at Sheepshed Races
Spot:A porcelain tub with boilin' water
Blink:A Saturday night with the mayor's daughter!
Race:Look at me
I'm the King of New York!
Suddenly
I'm respectable
Staring right atcha
Lousy with stature
Jack:Nubbin' with all the muckety-mucks
I'm blowin' my dough and goin' deluxe!
Race:And there I'll be
Ain't I pretty?
R and J: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
Snipey:Havana cigars that cost a quarter
Davey:An editor's desk for our 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
Blink:Making a headline out of a hunch
Denton:Protecting the weak
Race:And paying for lunch
DentonWhen I'm at bat
Strong men crumble
Race:Proud yet humble
R and D:'m/He's the King of New York
Newsies:I gotta be either dead or dreaming
'Cuz look at that pape with my face beaming
Tomorrow they may wrap fishes in it
But I was a star for one whole minute!
(Dance Interlude)
Starting now
I'm the King of New York!
Denton:Ain't you heard?
Newsies:I'm the King of New York!
Holy cow!
It's a miracle
Pulitzer's crying
Weasel? He's dying!
Flashpots are shooting bright as the sun
I'm one hifalutin' sonuva 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!