Lady’s Maid

[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

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

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

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

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

[MULLINS]
There's a place in America
Called Albuquerque
And I'm hoping it's a bit like Donegal

[MCGOWAN]
Oh, I'm hoping that it is...

[THREE KATES]
There I'm hoping that it is...
Where my dreamin'
And my hopin' and my schemin'
And my prayin' and my wishin' to be happy
Will come true enough
And...

[1ST MAN, MCGOWAN, MURPHEY & MULLINS]
I want to be an engineer...
An engineer... Oh, I will be grand...
In America
The streets are paved with gold In America
The streets are paved with gold

[2ND MAN, THREE KATES, MURPHEY & MULLINS]
I want a shop to call my own...
To call my own... Oh, I will be grand...
In America
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 true 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...

[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 COUPLES, ALL]
Una bella vita negli stati uniti... Ah

[ALL]
Where my dreamin' and my hopin' and my schemin'
And my prayin' and my wishin' to be happy
Will come true enough
And...

I want to rise above myself

[THREE KATES & 3RD MAN]
Oh, I will be grand

[TENORS & SOPRANOS]
America, the streets
Are paved with gold...

[THREE KATES & 3RD MAN]
America, the streets
Are paved with gold...

[ALTOS & BASSES]
America, the streets
Are paved with gold...

[MCGOWAN]
I want to be a lady's maid...

[3RD MAN]
Millionaire...

[1ST MAN]
Engineer...

[ALL]
In America!

[MCGOWAN]
Better place for me and you...
Better land to start anew...
Better land for the baby...
That I
Hold.