From “Make Mine Manhattan,” 1947
Words by Arnold B. Horwitt
Music by Richard Lewine
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
There’s some goin’s-on in Central Park
That strike a man as weird
Some goin’s-on in Central Park
The likes of which you never “heared”
From Sunday morn till Friday
It’s peaceful on the mall
But Saturday night in Central Park
Bejabbers what a brawl
Refrain:
Everyone’s got that easy feelin’
Even the dogs forget to bark
Soon as they start Virginia reelin’
Saturday night in Central Park
Jitterbug, Jive and Suzy Qu’-in’
Hasn’t a chance to make it’s mark
Nothin’s allowed but Square Dance doin’
Saturday night in Central Park
the band on the stand gets the signal
To start a John Paul Jones
And do-see-do, around they go
Galivanting, isn’t it enchanting
Afterwards there’ll be time for kissin’
Plenty of benches in the dark
Jiminy crickets, don’t be missing
Saturday night in Central Park
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: