"Manhattan" is a popular song. It has been performed by Lee Wiley, Blossom Dearie and Ella Fitzgerald. It is also performed by Anne Bancroft, in the role of a lounge singer, in the 1952 movie "Don't Bother to Knock." The music was written by Richard Rodgers, the lyrics by Lorenz Hart, for the revue "Garrick Gaieties". The song was published in 1925. Sometimes called I'll Take Manhattan." [1]
Selected lyrics
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 gli-ding 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 whiles
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
Our future babies
We'll take to Abie's Irish Rose
We hope they'll live to see it close.
The city's glamour can never spoil
The dreams of a boy and goil
We'll turn Manhattan
Into an isle of joy!
