Ah, Paris! / Broadway Baby

Lyrics

[Part I: Ah! Paris!] [SOLANGE] I have seen the ruins of Rome I've been in the igloos of Nome I have gone to Moscow It's very gay Well, anyway On the first of May! I have seen Rangoon and Soho And I like them more than so-so But when there's a moon Goodbye, Rangoon 'Allo, Montmartre, 'allo! Peking has rickshaws, New Orleans jazz But ah! Paris! Beirut has sunshine—that's all it has But ah! Paris! Constantinople has Turkish baths And Athens that lovely debris Carlsbad may have a spa But for ooh-la-la You come with me! Carlsbad is where you're cured After you have toured Ah ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah! Paris! [Part II: Broadway Baby] [HATTIE] I'm just a Broadway baby Walking off my tired feet Pounding Forty-second Street To be in a show Broadway baby Learning how to sing and dance Waiting for that one big chance To be in a show Gee I'd like to be On some marquee All twinkling lights A spark To pierce the dark From Battery Park Way up to Washington Heights! Someday, maybe All my dreams will be repaid Hell, I'd even play the maid To be in a show Say, Mr. Producer Yeah, I'm talking to you, sir I don't need a lot Only what I've got Plus a tube of greasepaint and a follow-spot! I'm just a Broadway baby If I stick it long enough I may get to strut my stuff Working for a nice man Like a Ziegfeld or a Weismann In a great big Broadway show!