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I Happen To Like New York - Harold Lang (1965) Cole Porter

Júlio Martí
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Harold Lang - I Happen To Like New York The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen Through the Eyes of Cole Porter (Original Off-Broadway Cast - 1965 - Original play: The New Yorkers, Act II - 1930) "I happen to like New York, I happen to like this town. I like the city air, I like to drink of it, The more I know New York the more I think of it. I like the sight and the sound and even the stink of it. I happen to like New York. I like to go to Battery Park and watch those liners booming in. I often ask myself, why should it be that they come so far across the sea. I suppose it's because they all agree with me. They happen to like New York. Last Sunday afternoon I took a trip to Hackensack, But after I gave Hackensack the once over, I took the next train back. I happen to like New York. I happen to love this burg. And when I have to give the world a last farewell, And the undertaker starts to ring my funeral bell, I don't want to go to heaven, don't want to go to hell. I happen to like New York. I happen to like New York" ...more
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I Happen To Like New York - Harold Lang (1965) Cole Porter
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Harold Lang - I Happen To Like New York The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen Through the Eyes of Cole Porter (Original Off-Broadway Cast - 1965 - Original play: The New Yorkers, Act II - 1930) "I happen to like New York, I happen to like this town. I like the city air, I like to drink of it, The more I know New York the more I think of it. I like the sight and the sound and even the stink of it. I happen to like New York. I like to go to Battery Park and watch those liners booming in. I often ask myself, why should it be that they come so far across the sea. I suppose it's because they all agree with me. They happen to like New York. Last Sunday afternoon I took a trip to Hackensack, But after I gave Hackensack the once over, I took the next train back. I happen to like New York. I happen to love this burg. And when I have to give the world a last farewell, And the undertaker starts to ring my funeral bell, I don't want to go to heaven, don't want to go to hell. I happen to like New York. I happen to like New York"

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Júlio Martí

1.74K subscribers