From the “MUSIC BOX REVUE,” 1925.
Words and Music by Irving Berlin.
Cover Art by R.S. Rosebud-Rosenbaum Studio.
Copyright ©29 Dec 1924.
Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
So this is Manhattan Isle
Where everything’s gay
And those are the pretty girls
That visit Broadway
They’re beautiful more or less
Be that as it may
But speaking about your city
I’ve got to say what a pity
Chorus
Where is the little old New York
That one that I used to know long long ago
What has become of all the people
That used to go to the church with the steeple
Oh how I’m longing to see
New York as it used to be
Bring back my little old New York
The one that I used to know long ago
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: