From the 1905 musical “In New York Town”.
Words by Junie McCree.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- There’s a neat little street
In a neat part of town
Where just sweethearts meet
There’s a dear little crowd
That is always allowed
To parade this street
Every girl that lives there
Is a beauty for fair
And as bright as the sun after rain
Not a street in the city
Has girls half as pretty as Beauty Lane
Chorus
Beauty Lane, Beauty Lane
There is where the beauties reign
Pretty girls, how many there’s no telling
The further up the lane you go
The prettier the girlies grow
And my girl lives in the very last dwelling
- Every night while they spoon
The old man in the moon
He looks down and winks
When he’s back of a cloud
Then this dear little crowd
Hold a real high jinks
If he hides very long
You will hear a soft song
And the sounds you have heard on a train
For Cupid is working
While darkness is lurking in Beauty Lane
Sung here by Vancha March: