I will be a proper person,
People will look up to me
What a girl that girl McGowan!
Katie Violet Maud Marie
I aspire to heights of glory
In the New World
That can be!
In that grandest nation I'll stand tall
Reach my very hightest hopes
Of all...
I want to be a lady's maid!
Lady's maid in America!
In America the streets are paved with gold
I want to be a governess
Governess in America
In America it's better I am told...
I want to be a sewing girl!
Sewing girl in America!
In America I'll sew till I am old!
There's a place called Chicago
I've seen it on the map
There's a place called Mary-land
I've seen it on the map
There's a place in America
Called Albuquerque
And I'm hopin' it's a bit like Donegal
Oh, I'm hopin' that it is...
There I'm hopin that it is...
Where my dreamin'
And my hopin' and my schemin'
And my payin' and my wishin' to be happy
Will come true enough
And...
I want to be an engineer...
Oh, I will be grand...
In America
The streets are paved with Gold
The streets are paved With gold
I want a shop to call my own...
Oh, I will be grand...
In America
I am told
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...
I want to be a millionaire!
Millionaire in America
Strike it rich and spend the fortune I amass...
I want to be a constable!
Constable in America
In America you rise above your class...
Oh, there's the place your industry and talent
Can be sold...
And I'm certain that it will...
There I'm certain that it will...
Ich will ein gutes leben haben...
Una bella vita negli stati uniti...
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...
...Oh, I will be grand
America, the streets
Are paved with gold...
I want to be a lady's maid...
Millionaire...
Engineer...
In America!
Better place for me and you...
Better land to start anew...
Better land for the baby...
That I
Hold