Lady's Maid Lyrics

Lady's Maid Text

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KATE 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

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

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

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

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

KATE MULLINS
There's a place in America
Called Albuquerque
And I'm hopin' it's a bit like Donegal

KATE MCGOWAN
Oh, I'm hopin' that it is...

MCGOWAN & MURPHEY
There I'm hopin that it is...

THREE KATES
Where my dreamin'
And my hopin' and my schemin'
And my payin' and my wishin' to be happy
Will come true enough
And...

1ST MAN
I want to be an engineer... KATE MCGOWAN
An engineer... Oh, I will be grand...

In America MURPHEY & MCGOWAN
The streets are paved with In America
Gold 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...

In America MURPHEY & MCGOWAN
It's better I am told 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 tru 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...

KATE 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 tru 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 & BASSESS
America, the streets
Are paved with gold...

KATE MCGOWAN
I want to be a lady's maid...

3RD MAN
Millionaire...

1ST MAN
Engineer...

ALL
In America!

KATE MCGOWAN(to herself)
Better place for me and you...
Better land to start anew...
Better land for the baby...
That I
Hold