[1st verse:]
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Broadway, Broadway, I've a message from a friend across the foam
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From someone who loves you dearly
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Tho' he's miles away from home
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Kind applause is not his cause
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Because I know he loves you true
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I'll feel better when I read his letter
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Here's the words he wrote to you:
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[Refrain:]
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I beg your pardon, dear old Broadway
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For list'ning to a foreign song
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I thought I'd find a street with which you could compete
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I only found that I was wrong
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My hat's aloft to you, old Broadway
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You're in a class alone today
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And if I thought for a minute that the others were in it
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Won't you pardon me, Broadway?
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[2nd verse:]
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Broadway, I too said goodbye to all the sights across the sea
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Joy! once more for soon I saw
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The Statue of Old Liberty!
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Hand in air, she greets you there
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To drive away all care and pain
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Joy smiles at you, while the great big statue
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Seems to say, "Never again!"
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I Beg Your Pardon, Dear Old Broadway
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Irving Berlin |