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Kate McGowan:
I will be a proper person
People will look up to me
What a girl that girl McGowan
Katie Violet Maud Marie
I aspire to heights of glory
In that new world, that can be!
In that grandest nation I'll stand tall
Reach my very highest hopes
Of all...
I want to be a Lady's Maid!
Lady's Maid in America
In America the streets are paved with
gold
Kate Murphey:
I want to be a Governess
Governess in America
In America It's better I'm told
Kate Mullins:
I want to be a sewing girl
Sewing girl in America
In America I'll sew till I am old...
Kate McGowan:
There's a place called Chicago
I've seen it on the map
Kate Murphey:
There's a place called Mary-land
I've seen it on the map
Kate Mullins:
There's a place in America
called Albuquerque
And I'm hopin' it's a bit like Donegal
Kate McGowan:
Oh, I'm hopin' that it is...
McGowan & Murphey:
There I'm hopin' that it is...
Three Kates:
Where my dreamin'
And my hopin' and my schemin'
And my prayin' and my wishin' to be
happy
Will come true enough
And...
1st Man:
I want to be an engineer...
An Engineer...
| Kate McGowan: Oh, I will be grand... |
In America the streets are paved
with gold
| Murphey & McGowan: In America The streets are paved with gold |
2nd man:
I want a shop to call my own...
to call my own...
| Kate McGowan: Oh, I will be grand... |
2nd Man:
In America
it's better I'm told
| Murphey & McGowan: In America It's better I am told.. |
All:
Oh far beyond the northern sea
A new life can unfold
And I'm planning that it will
How I'm planning that it will
Where my dreamin'
And my hopin' and my schemin'
And my prayin' and my wishin' to be
happy
Will come true enough
And...
3rd Man:
I want to be a millionaire!
Millionaire in America
Strike it rich and spend the fortune I
amass...
4th Man:
I want to be a constable!
Constable in America
In America you rise above your class...
All:
Oh, there's a place your industry and
talent
Can be sold...
Kate McGowan:
And I'm certain that it will...
Three Kates:
There I'm certain that it will...
German Man:
Ich will ein gutes leben haben...
Italian Man & Woman:
Una Bella vita negli stati uniti...
All:
Where my dreamin'
And my hopin' and my schemin'
And my prayin'
And my wishin' to be happy
Will come true enough
And...
I Want to rise above myself...
Three Kate's and Farrell:
...Oh I will be grand
Tenors & Sopranos:
America, the streets
are paved with gold...
Three Kates and Farrell:
America, the streets
Are paved with gold...
Altos & Basses:
America the streets
are payed with gold
Kate McGowan:
I want to be a lady's maid...
3rd Man:
Millionaire...
1st Man:
Engineer...
All:
In America!
Kate McGowan: (to herself):
Better place for me and you...
Better land to start anew...
Better land for the baby...
that I
hold
Kate McGowan:
Oh I will be grand...
