EVERY STREET'S A BOULEVARD (IN OLD NEW YORK)
From the Broadway musical "Hazel Flagg" (1953)
(Music: Jule Styne / Lyrics: Bob Hilliard)

Jack Whiting (Broadway Production) - 1953
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis (Feat. in the film "Living It Up") - 1954
Norrie Paramour & His Orch. - 1956
Eddie Heywood (Instr.) - 1963
Frankie Laine - 1966
Jule Styne - 1966
Guy Haines - 2001



All the streets in our fair city are one and the same
So I leave it to you, what's in a name?
Are the folks who live on a street like Eleventh
Any finer than the family on a Hundred and Seventh?
I settle each issue by telling the squawker
If you live in New York be glad you're a New Yorker

I tell you every street's a boulevard in old New York
Every street's a highway of your dreams
Why, it's a thrill to shop on Thirty-Fourth Street
Or down in Union Square
I like the people you meet on Mulberry Street
Have you ever been there?

Streets are lined with palaces in old New York
It's a kingdom where the people wear the crown
Just remember there's an East Side
And a West Side, and Uptown and Down
That's why I'm proud to be a part of New York town

Streets are paved with happiness in old New York
We're proud you're a part of it
We're happy that you came
Each sidewalk is a concrete path to fame
Just remember there's the East Side
And the West Side, and Uptown and Down
In this great big metropolis known as New York town

Every street's a boulevard in old New York
So keep smiling and you'll never wear a frown
Just remember there's the East Side
And the West Side, and Uptown and Down
That's why I'm proud to be the Mayor of your town

Just remember there's the East Side 
And the West Side, and Uptown and Down
That's why I'm proud to be the Mayor of your town
I'm so proud to be the Mayor of your town


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As recorded by FRANKIE LAINE:


I tell you every street's a boulevard in old New York
Every street's a highway of your dreams
Why, it's a thrill to shop on Thirty-Fourth Street
Or down in Union Square
I like the people you meet on Mulberry Street
Say, have you ever been there?

And I'm a-tellin' you every street's a boulevard in old New York
So just keep a-smilin' and you'll never wear a frown
So just remember there's the East Side
The West Side, the Uptown and Down
Oh yes, I'm proud to be a part of New York Town

I tell you every street's a boulevard in old New York
So just keep a-smilin' and you'll never, never wear a frown
So just remember there's the East Side
The West Side, the Uptown and Down
Oh yes, I'm proud to be, really proud to be
Oh yes, I'm proud to be in New York Town


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2017)