====== #1004 - The Bowery ======
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  *Composer:
    *++Percy Gaunt|{{search>"Percy Gaunt" @cobs}}++ (1854-1896), 1891
    *popularized in the [[:groups:opera|musical]] ++A Trip to Chinatown|{{search>"A Trip to Chinatown" opera @cobs}}++, 1891
  *[[/data/media/midi/1004.mid|MIDI]] | ++show|\\ {{http://www.rollerorgans.com/mid2roll.php?cob=1004&.gif?}}++
  *[[:incipit]]: 33343215575567111
  *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 34321575671
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
Oh! The night that I struck New York\\
I went out for a quiet walk\\
Folks who are "on to" the city say\\
Better by far that I took Broadway\\
But I was out to enjoy the sights\\
There was the Bow'ry ablaze with lights\\
I had one of the devil's own nights\\
I'll never go there any more.\\
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//chorus: //\\
The Bow'ry, the Bow'ry\\
They say such things and they do strange things,\\
On the Bow'ry! The Bow'ry!\\
I'll never go there any more.\\
\\
I had walked but a block or two,\\
When up came a fellow and me he knew\\
Then a policeman came walking by\\
Chased him away and I asked him, "Why?"\\
"Wasn't he pulling your leg?" said he,\\
Said I, "He never laid hands on me!"\\
"Get off the Bow'ry, you fool," said he\\
I'll never go there any more.\\
\\
Struck a place that they called a "dive"\\
I was in luck to get out alive\\
When the policeman heard my woes,\\
Saw my black eyes and my battered nose.\\
"You've been held up!" said the "copper" fly,\\
"No, sir! But I've been knocked down!" said I\\
Then he laughed, tho' I couldn't see why\\
I'll never go there any more.\\
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    *++Charles H. Hoyt|{{search>"Charles H. Hoyt" @cobs}}++ (1859-1900), 1891
  *See also:
    *[[..:2023:]]