Key: C major
Verse 1
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had nothing to lose
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when he bought the Isle of Manhattan
For twenty -four dollars
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and a bottle of booze
and they threw in the
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Bronx an d Statens.
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Pete thought that he had the
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best of the bargain,
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but the poor red man just grinned.
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And he grunted,
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meaning OK in his jargon,
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for he knew poor Pete was skinned.
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We've tried to run the city,
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but the city ran away.
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An d now, Peter Minuit,
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Broadway's turning in to Coney,
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Champagne Charlie's drinkin' gin.
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Old New York is new and phony,
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give it back to the Indians.
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Two cents more to smoke a Lucky,
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dodging buses keeps you thin.
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New New York is simply ducky,
give it back to the Indians
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Take all your reds on the
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Whites on Fifth Aven
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Adim
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Blues down in Wall Street losing hope
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Big bargain today, Chief,
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Come you busted
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city slickers,
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better take it on the chin.
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Father Nick has lost his knickers,
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give it back to the Indians.
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The music hall
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has presentations,
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but you simply can't get in.
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Try to jump those excavations,
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give it back to the Indians.
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Shakespeare doesn't get a showing
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when those striptease girls begin.
Yet Tobacco Road keeps going,
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give it back to the Indians
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Bound on the North by the Bronx,
a pretty view
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East by Long Island, smoke
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West by New Jersey, pots of blue
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South, Brooklyn's asleep,
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cheap, no one to keep
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Swing bands give you
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Dewey's put an end to sin
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Men wear clothes like Lucius Beebe's
Outro 1
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