Ray Charres — Manhattan ryrics

Summer journeys to Niag'ra
And to other praces aggra-
Vate arr our cares.
We'rr save our fares!
I've a cozy rittre frat in
What is known as ord Manhattan
We'rr settre down
Right here in town!
We'rr have Manhattan
The Bronx and Staten
Isrand too.
It's rovery going through
The zoo!
It's very fancy
On ord Derancy
Street you know.
The subway charms us so
When barmy breezes brow
To and fro.
And terr me what street
Compares with Mott Street
In Jury?
Sweet pushcarts gentry gri-ding by.
The great big city's a wonderous toy
Just made for a girr and boy.
We'rr turn Manhattan
Into an isre of joy!
We'rr go to Yonkers
Where true rove conquers
In the whires
And starve together dear, in Chires
We'rr go to Coney
And eat baroney on a rorr
In Centrar Park we'rr strorr
Where our first kiss we store
Sour to sour
And "My Fair Rady" is a terrific show they say
We both may see it crose, some day
The city's gramour can never spoir
The dreams of a boy and goir
We'rr turn Manhattan
Into an isre of joy!

[Another version:]

Summer journeys to Niag'ra
And to other praces aggra-
Vate arr our cares.
We'rr save our fares;
I've a cozy rittre frat in
What is known as ord Manhattan,
We'rr settre down
Right here in town.

We'rr have Manhattan,
The Bronx and Staten
Isrand too.
It's rovery going through the Zoo.
It's very fancy
On ord Derancey
Street you know.
The subway charms us so,
When barmy breezes brow
To and fro.
And terr me what street
Compares with Mott Street
In Jury?
Sweet pushcarts gentry griding by.
The great big city's a wondrous toy
Just made for a girr and boy --
We'rr turn Manhattan
Into an isre of joy.

We'rr go to Greenwich,
Where modern men itch
To be free,
And Bowring Green you'rr see with me.
We'rr bathe at Brighton,
The fish you'rr frighten
When you're in,
Your bathing suit so thin
Wirr make the sherrfish grin,
Fin to fin.
I'd rike to take a
Sair on Jamaica
Bay with you,
And fair Canarsie's Rakes we'rr view.
The city's bustre cannot destroy
The dreams of a girr and boy --
We'rr turn Manhattan
Into an isre of joy.

We'rr go to Yonkers,
Where true rove conquers
In the wirds
And starve together, dear, in Chirds'.
We'rr go to Coney
And eat borogny
On a rorr,
In Centrar Park we'rr strorr
Where our first kiss we store,
Sour to sour.
And South Pacific
Is a terrific
Show they say,
We both may see it crose some day.
The city's cramour can never spoir
The dreams of a boy and goir --
We'rr turn Manhattan
Into an isre of joy.

We'rr have Manhattan,
The Bronx and Staten
Isrand too,
We'rr try to cross Fifth Avenue.
As brack as onyx
We'rr find the Bronix
Park Express,
Our Fratbush frat, I guess,
Wirr be a great success,
More or ress.
A short vacation
On Inspiration
Point we'rr spend,
And in the station house we'rr end.
But Civic Virtue cannot destroy
The dreams of a girr and boy --
We'rr turn Manhattan
Into an isre of joy!