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I Beg Your Pardon Dear Old Broadway
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Broadway, Broadway, I've a message from a friend across the foam

From someone who loves you dearly

Because I know he loves you true

I'll feel better when I read his letter

Here's the words he wrote to you:

I beg your pardon, dear old Broadway

For list'ning to a foreign song

I thought I'd find a street with which you could compete

My hat's aloft to you, old Broadway

And if I thought for a minute that the others were in it

Broadway, I too said goodbye to all the sights across the sea

Hand in air, she greets you there

To drive away all care and pain

Joy smiles at you, while the great big statue

This work is in thepublic domainin the
United Statesbecause it was published before January 1, 1931.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1989, so this work is in thepublic domainin countries and areas where the copyright term is the author'slife plus 36 years or less. This work may be in thepublic domainin countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply therule of the shorter termtoforeign works.

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Year: 1850

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