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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
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