Ella Fitzgerald - Manhattan

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook (1956)

Summer journeys to Niag'ra
and to other places aggra-
vate all our cares.
We'll save our fares!

I've a cozy little flat in
what is known as old Manhattan
we'll settle down
right here in town!

We'll have Manhattan
the Bronx and Staten
Island too.
It's lovely going through
the zoo!

It's very fancy
on old Delancy
street you know.
The subway charms us so
when balmy breezes blow
to and fro.

And tell me what street
compares with Mott Street
in July?
Sweet pushcarts gently gli-ding by.

The great big city's a wonderous toy
just made for a girl and boy.
We'll turn Manhattan
into an isle of joy!

We'll go to Yonkers
Where true love conquers
In the whiles
And starve together dear, in Chiles

We'll go to Coney
And eat baloney on a roll
In Central Park we'll stroll
Where our first kiss we stole
Soul to soul

And "My Fair Lady" is a terrific show they say
We both may see it close, some day

The city's glamour can never spoil
The dreams of a boy and goil
We'll turn Manhattan
into an isle of joy!

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[rion2392]

Mad Men sent me here :)

[jantwo60]

Ja to uwielbiam!!!Ella wogóle jest the best!!!

[takasi sakamoto]

私の好きな曲の一部。



[lucky9381]

What idiot pressed the dislike button?

[jimmy parker]

great singer awsome

[Leif Forre]

Happy 96th Birthday to Ella Fitzgerald today! This is my favorite song of hers! We miss you Ella! <3

[Dionizy Walczakowski]

jest najlepsza!

[Landon Luke]

I get so jaded with all of today's music - even my parents music, the good old rock and roll of the 70's and 80's. But I can't help smiling listening to this!

[MrAlGator]

I love this song and this is certainly one of the best versions

[NoordinaryAfro]

That awkward moment when people actually sound proud of the fact that discovered Ella Fitzgerald thanks to a tv show...

[Jennifer Pache]

Loved this song ever since I watched Buttons and Bows with Valerie Bertinelli and Barry Bostwick. What a great mini-series that was.

[Irene Redsell]

My husband's rugby club had this as their anthem.It happened when after a match they were in the local pub and someone put it on by mistake.A few bikers were in and started to complain, the prop forward stood up (a giant of a man) and asked what the problem was. The answer was "nothing" and they left, the team then adopted it as their club song. My husband is now terminally ill with Motor Neurone disease, but this song will always bring a smile to him, and it brings back happy memories for him