I Beg Your Pardon, Dear Old Broadway

A 1911 popular song.
Words and music by Irving Berlin.


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. Broadway, Broadway
    I’ve a message from a friend across the foam
    From someone who loves you dearly
    Tho’ he’s miles away from home
    Kind applause is not his cause
    Because I know he loves you true
    I’ll feel better when I read his letter
    Here’s the words he wrote to you

Chorus
I beg your pardon, dear old Broadway
For list’ning to a foreign song
I thought I’d find a street with you could compete
I only found that I was wrong
My hat’s aloft to you, old Broadway
You’re in a class alone today
And if I thought for a minute
That the others were in it
Won’t you pardon me, Broadway?

  1. Broadway, I too said goodbye
    To all the sights across the sea
    Joy! once more, for soon I saw
    The Statue of Old Liberty
    Hand in air, she greets you there
    To drive away all care and pain
    Joy smiles at you, while the great big statue
    Seems to say, “Never again!”

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: