[1st verse:] Broadway, Broadway, I've a message from a friend across the foam From someone who loves you dearly Tho' he's miles away from home Kind applause is not his cause Because I know he loves you true I'll feel better when I read his letter Here's the words he wrote to you: [Refrain:] I beg your pardon, dear old Broadway For list'ning to a foreign song I thought I'd find a street with which you could compete I only found that I was wrong My hat's aloft to you, old Broadway You're in a class alone today And if I thought for a minute that the others were in it Won't you pardon me, Broadway? [2nd verse:] Broadway, I too said goodbye to all the sights across the sea Joy! once more for soon I saw The Statue of Old Liberty! Hand in air, she greets you there To drive away all care and pain Joy smiles at you, while the great big statue Seems to say, "Never again!"
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