Ella Fitzgerald - Manhattan

MANHATTAN (written in 1924-25 by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, recorded by Ella Fitzgerald for her album «Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers & Hart Song Book», 1956) Summer journeys to Niagara and to other places Aggravate all our cares, we'll save our fares. I've a cozy little flat in what is known as old Manhattan We'll settle down, right here in town. We'll have Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island too, It's lovely going through the zoo. It's very fancy on old Delancy Street, you know The subway charms us so, When balmy breezes blow to and fro. And tell me what street compares with Mott Street in July? Sweet pushcarts gently gliding by. The great big city's a wondrous toy just made for a girl and boy, We'll turn Manhattan into an isle of joy. We'll go to Yonkers where true love conquers in the whiles And starve together, dear, in Chiles. We'll go to Coney and eat baloney on a roll, In Central Park we'll stroll Where our first kiss we stole, soul to soul... And "My Fair Lady" is a terrific show, they say, We both may see it close some day. The city's glamor can never spoil the dreams of a boy and goil, We'll turn Manhattan into an isle of joy.