Where the Hudson River Flows

Lyrics

[TRYON, spoken] Oh, I should love to meet some of your First families of the Bowery [MRS. MURRAY, spoken] You'll find the real aristocrats on Delancey Street [TRYON, spoken] I prefer a quiet little place like New York To the hustle and bustle of Philadelphia [HOWE, spoken] And your New York girls are so naive [MRS. MURRAY, spoken] And so romantic You should see them on a moonlit night In the forest of Manhattan [MRS. MURRAY] All crowds are such a menace To love's sweet rendezvous I've the best of places For our fond embraces [OFFICERS] Tell me where it is, and I'll meet you [MRS. MURRAY] It's not in Rome or Venice Or where the shamrock grows [OFFICERS] To the Nile or Po, dear I don't want to go, dear [MRS. MURRAY] No, I'll meet you where the Hudson flows Meet me in the forests of Manhattan There are secret corners we can chat in There's a sylvan den A sweet secluded Harlem glen And we will find a cozy cranny in Manhattan Just the kind that nanny goats have sat in Love will find repose Where the Hudson River flows [HOWE] When the moon is shining down on Wall Street Meet me in the shadow of the wall [TRYON] Then we'll run down every large and small street [OFFICERS] Half a mile up Broadway you can hear the crickets call [HOWE] We will hire a wagon we can speed in [TRYON] All the thickest woods we'll journey through [OFFICERS] And I'll feel like Adam in his Eden In the lovely Bronx with you [MRS. MURRAY, TRYON, HOWE & OFFICERS] Meet me in the forests of Manhattan There are secret corners we can chat in There's a sylvan den A sweet secluded Harlem glen And we will find a cozy cranny in Manhattan Just the kind that nanny goats have sat in Love will find repose Where the Hudson River flows [Dance.]