Cover art for Finale: 42nd Street (Reprise); Bows by Original Broadway Cast of 42nd Street
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Finale: 42nd Street (Reprise); Bows Lyrics

[JULIAN]
Come and meet those dancing feet
On the avenue I'm taking you to
Forty-Second Street
Hear the beat of dancing feet
It's the song I love the melody of
Forty-Second Street

Little "nifties" from the Fifties
Innocent and sweet;
Sexy ladies from the Eighties
Who are indiscreet

They're side by side, they're glorified
Where the underworld can meet the elite
Forty-Second Street

Naughty!
Bawdy!
Gaudy!
Sporty!

Forty-Second
Street!

[ENSEMBLE]
Dames are temporary flames to you
Dames, you don't recall their names
Do you?
Slim, trim, all curvy
Sweet, shy and nervy
There is nothin' as refined as beautiful-
No sun can shine as beautiful
Bring on a line of beautiful
Dames, dames, dames, dames
Dames, dames, dames, dames-

Come on along and listen to
The lullaby of Broadway
The hidee hi and whoop-di-doo
The lullaby of Broadway
The band begins to go to town
And ev'ryone goes crazy
You rock-a-bye your baby 'round
And sleep all day

Good night, baby
Good night
Let's call it a day
Listen to the lullaby of
Old
Broadway!

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