MANHATTAN
From the Show "The Garrick Gaieties" (1925)
(Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers)

Ben Selvin's Knickerbockers (Instr.) - 1925
Paul Whiteman & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1925
Marian McPartland - 1951
Harry James & His Orch. - 1952
Ella Fitzgerald - 1956
Mel Tormé - 1956
Annie Ross - 1956
Blossom Dearie - 1958
Dinah Washington - 1959
Joni James - 1962
Xavier Cugat & His Orch. - 1963
Jimmy Roselli - 1965
Tony Bennett - 1973
Rosemary Clooney - 1988
Rod Stewart - 2004

Also recorded by: Bing Crosby; Vic Damone; Ray Anthony;
Johnny Mathis; Bing Crosby; Mickey Rooney; Dinah Shore;
Jimmy Dorsey; Roy Eldridge; George Evans; Tommy Dorsey;
Carmen Cavallaro; Holly Cole; Art Farmer; Johnny Costa;
Cliff Adams Singers; Wild Bill Davison; Winifred Atwell;
Joe Augustine; Georgie Auld; Avalon Cats; Susan Barrett;
Sam Butera; Jaki Byard & Apollo Stompers; Betty Garrett;
Martin Denny; Al Ferguson: ............ and many others.



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 Delancey 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 Greenwich
Where modern men itch
To be free
And Bowling Green you'll see
With me

We'll bathe at Brighton
The fish you'll frighten
When you're in
Your bathing suit so thin
Will make the shellfish grin
Fin to fin

I'd like to take a
Sail on Jamaica Bay with you
And fair Canarsie's lake
We'll view

The city's bustle cannot destroy
The dreams of a girl and boy
We'll turn Manhattan
Into an isle of joy

We'll go to Yonkers
Where true love conquers
In the wilds
And starve together, dear
In Childs'

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

Our future babies
We'll take to "Abie's Irish Rose"
I hope they'll live to see
It close

The city's clamor can never spoil
The dreams of a boy and goil
We'll turn Manhattan
Into an isle of joy

We'll have Manhattan
The Bronx and Staten Island, too
We'll try to cross Fifth Avenue
As black as onyx

We'll find the Bronnix Park Express
Our Flatbush flat, I guess
Will be a great success
More or less

A short vacation
On Inspiration Point
We'll spend
And in the station house we'll end

But civic virtue cannot destroy
The dreams of a girl and boy
We'll turn Manhattan
Into an isle of joy


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As recorded by ELLA FITZGERALD:


Summer journeys to Niag'ra
And to other places aggra-
Vate 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 Delancey
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 wonderous 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 wilds
And starve together dear, in Child's

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 glamour can never spoil
The dreams of a boy and goil
We'll turn Manhattan
Into an isle of joy!


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