Citizens of New York, I greet you
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With the hundred thousand dollar check
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The money that my readers have contributed
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For the pedestal of the statue
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Citizens of New York, I greet you
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With the news that soon our flag will be unfurled
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On the most expensive statue in the world
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-On the most expensive statue in the world
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When it's finally installed, tell us, what will it be called?
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-When it's finally installed, tell us, what will it be called?
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When we finally install it
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What's the diff'rence what we call it?
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It's the best that money can buy
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And will stand three hundred feet high
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And I understand before we're through the cost may not be known
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A hundred thousand dollars for the pedestal alone
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And our flag will soon be unfurled
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On the most expensive statue in the world
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-On the most expensive statue in the world
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When it finally is claimed, tell us, what will it be named?
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-When it finally is claimed, tell us, what will it be named?
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When at last we come to claim it
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What's the diff'rence what we name it?
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What's important is the expense
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What it means in dollars and cents
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From the French across the ocean it was sent to me and you
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And now I'd like to call upon and hear a word or two
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From our friend the French ambassador
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Your honor, I speak not for my government but my people
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For it is not my government but my people who give this statue
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Creation of the genius of Bartholdi
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May it arise in your harbor and give the light of
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Liberty, equality, fraternity
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Finally, when we install it, why don't we call it "Liberty"?
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"The Statue of Liberty"!
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-"The Statue of Liberty"!
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And the most expensive statue in the world!
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-And the most expensive statue in the world!
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The Most Expensive Statue In The World
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| Irving Berlin |
