King of New York

Mush: A pair of new shoes with matching laces
Racetrack: A permanent box at Sheepshead races
Spot: A porcelain tub with boiling 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 Staring right atcha
Lousy with stat'cha
Jack: Nobbing with all the muckity-mucks
I'm blowing my dough and going deluxe
Racetrack: And there I be! Ain't I pretty?
Jack and Racetrack: 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: Havanna 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: Making the headline out of a hunch
Denton: Protecting the weak
Racetrack: And paying for lunch
Denton: When I'm at bat strong men crumble
Racetrack: Proud yet humble,
Racetrack and Denton: He's (I'm) the king of New York
Newsies: I gotta be either dead or dreaming
'Cause look at that pape with my face beaming
Tomorrow they may wrap fishes in it
But I was a star for one whole minute
Newsies: Starting now I'm the king of New York
Denton: Ain't ya heard? I'm the king of New York
Newsies: Holy cow! It's a miracle Pulitzer's crying Weasel he's dying
Flashpots are shootin' bright as the sun I'm one high falutin' 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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