A popular song from 1907.
words by Andrew B. Sterling
music by Harry Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Two friends from old New York Town
Met in a foreign land
One sang the praises of gay Paree
And the strand, London grand
Softly the other replied
“I know a place, too” he sighed
“And though I roam
It is my home sweet home
Uncle Sammy’s pride”
Chorus
Take me back to New York town
New York town, New York town
There’s where I long to be
With the friends so dear to me
Coney Island down the bay
And the lights of old Broadway
Herald square, I don’t care any where
New York town, take me there
- Sing of the beautiful Rhine
Say that it beats the band
Just take a trip up old Hudson bay
Ain’t it grand, Yankee land
Rave of the sights o’er the sea
England and old Germany
Give me Broadway
Where it’s gay, night and day
That’s the place for me
Sung here by Fred Feild: