original lyrics and music by John Kander and Fred Ebb
adapted for John Noe by Cheryl Klein
We're spreading the news
You're coming to speak
You're going to be a part of it
New York, New York
Perhaps you'll drop clues
And give us a peek
Into the very heart of it
New York, New York
You'll Apparate to the city that's never still
To find you're our number-one
Queen of the Quill
We're lined up in queues
Can't wait for next week
To see you here, the start of it
In old New York
And when you make it here
We'll raise a butterbeer:
"Welcome to New York, New York!"
New York, New York!
You'll Apparate to the city that's never still
To find you're Queen of the Quill
Witch of all words
Heart of Hogwarts
A Nimbus One . . .
Those seventh-book blues
Are making us weak
Come on and share the start of it
In old New York
And when you make it here
We'll raise a butterbeer:
"Welcome to New York, New York!"
It's up to you,
Coming to
New York, New York!
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* Words as requested by Melissa / Mrs. Lovegood in the comments below.
** I also wrote a version that was addressed to the fans coming to New York for the JKR event and LeakyMug, but this seems to have been lost with my hard drive. . . . The only lyrics I remember from it were the various climactic phrases I tried in place of "And when you make it here / We'll raise a butterbeer": "If you can't make it there / you're not a fan who cares" or "And we must make a plug / for the next LeakyMug" or "And then the LeakyMug / It's like a Harry drug / August two, New York, New York."
Saturday, August 12, 2006
"New York, New York"*: The "To Jo" version**
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I loved the filk! Would it be okay for me to post these lyrics on the Leaky Lounge? People have definitely been asking abou them!
ReplyDeleteCheryl,
ReplyDeleteYou are the greatest! Thank you so much for posting these. I've listened to the various videos of John singing this on YouTube (there are at least 3 different versions, I've probably played each one at least 3 times, but because the audio was captured from out in the crowd it's hard to understand all of the words. I posted on several threads asking if anyone knew them and no one did, and finally someone who met you in Chicago (I think) said she heard you say you had them in your yellow folder. Thanks so much for writing them and for posting them. Are we ever going to find out if Jo actually heard it?
"Those seventh-book blues
ReplyDeleteAre making us weak"
You got that right....
On the HP theme.... here is the best post about Ron ever....
http://buttfacemakani.livejournal.com/2006/08/12/