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[MCGOWAN]
I will be a proper person
People will look up to me
What a girl that girl McGowan
Katie Violet Maude Marie
I aspire to heights of glory
In the new world that can be
In that grandest nation I'll stand tall
Reach my highest hopes
Of all...

I want to be a lady's maid
Lady's maid in America
In America the streets are paved with gold

[MURPHEY]
I want to be a governess
Governess in America
In America it's better I am told

[MULLINS]
I want to be a sewing girl
Sewing girl in America
In America I'll sew till I am old...

[MCGOWAN]
There's a place called Chicago
I've seen it on the map

[MURPHEY]
There's a place called Mary-land
I've seen it on the map

[MULLINS]
There's a place in America
Called Albuquerque
And I'm hoping it's a bit like Donegal

[MCGOWAN]
Oh, I'm hoping that it is...

[MCGOWAN & MURPHEY]
There I'm hoping that it is...

[THREE KATES]
Where my dreamin'
And my hopin' and my schemin'
And my prayin' and my wishin' to be happy
Will come true enough
And

[1ST MAN]
I want to be an engineer
In America the streets are paved with gold

[MCGOWAN]
Oh, I will be grand

[MURPHEY & MCGOWAN]
In America the streets are paved with gold

[2ND MAN]
I want a shop to call my own...

[THREE KATES]
To call my own...
Oh, I will be grand...

[2ND MAN]
In America
It's better I am told

[MURPHEY & MCGOWAN]
In America
It's better I am told

[ALL]
Oh, far beyond the Northern sea
A new life can unfold
And I'm planning that it will
How I'm planning that it will
Where my dreamin'
And my hopin' and my schemin'
And my prayin' and my wishin' to be happy
Will come true enough
And

[3RD MAN]
I want to be a millionaire!
Millionaire in America
Strike it rich and spend the fortune I amass

[4TH MAN]
I want to be a constable
Constable in America
In America you rise above your class

[ALL]
Oh, there's the place your industry and talent
Can be sold

[MCGOWAN]
And I'm certain that it will

[THREE KATES]
There I'm certain that it will

[GERMAN MAN]
Ich will ein gutes leben haben

[ITALIAN MAN & WOMAN]
Una bella vita negli stati uniti

[ALL]
Where my dreamin'
And my hopin' and my schemin'
And my prayin' and my wishin' to be happy
Will come true enough
And

I want to rise above myself

[THREE KATES & FARRELL]
Oh, I will be grand

[TENORS & SOPRANOS]
America, the streets
Are paved with gold

[THREE KATES & FARRELL]
America, the streets
Are paved with gold

[ALTOS & BASSES]
America, the streets
Are paved with gold

[MCGOWAN]
I want to be a lady's maid

[3RD MAN]
Millionaire

[1ST MAN]
Engineer

[ALL]
In America!

[MCGOWAN]
Better place for me and you
Better land to start anew
Better land for the baby
That I hold.

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