MUSH
A pair of new shoes with matching laces
RACETRACK
A permanent box at Sheepshead Races
SPOT CONLON
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 stature
JACK
Nobbin' with all the muckety-mucks
I'm blowing my dough and going deluxe
RACETRACK
And there I'll be!
Ain't I pretty?
RACETRACK & JACK
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
Havana cigars that cost a quarter
DAVID
An editor's desk for our star reporter!
NEWSIES
Tip your hat!
He's the King of New York
DENTON
How about 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 headlines 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 & DENTON
He's (I'm) 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!
Starting now
I'm the King of New York!
DENTON
Ain't you heard?
I'm the King of New York!
NEWSIES
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
I'm the 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