A Charlie Chaplin song from 1915.
Words by Donald M. McLeran.
Music by Meyer Davis and Uriel Davis.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. I was born on Broadway
Near old Longacre Square
And the only nurse I knew
Was the crossing copper there
My cradle was a Taxicab
It’s horn my lullaby
And all these things explain the reason
Why you hear me cry
Chorus:
I am a true loyal son of dear old Broadway
I like it’s hustling noisy ways
I love it’s white lights, adore it’s bright nights
And I am crazy ’bout its sunny days
Although I’ve traveled all over this giddy old world
I’m never satisfied wherever I roam
to me there’s no place like Broadway
For Broadway is my home sweet home
2. Every day on Broadway
When for a stroll I go
Most all the people know me
And they all say “Hello”
My friends all call me the “Broadway Kid”
They know it fits, you see
And then I feel like I own Broadway
And it owns me