Cole Porter - Please Don't Monkey with Broadway Lyrics

1940 film musical
Broadway Melody of 1940 - Please Don't Monkey with Broadway Lyrics

The song is written by Cole Porter.

JOHNNY & KING:
Due to landscape gardeners gifted
Knickerbocker spaces are being lifted
So much
That you hardly know it as such
All the streets are being dressed up
So before they ruin Broadway,
I suggest that
You go
To the city fathers and say, "Whoa!"

JOHNNY:
Glorify Sixth Avenue

KING:
And put bathrooms in the zoo

JOHNNY & KING:
But please don't monkey with Broadway

KING:
Put big floodlights in the park

JOHNNY:
And put Harlem in the dark

JOHNNY & KING:
But please don't monkey with Broadway
Though it's tawdry and plain
It's a lovely old lane
Full of landmarks galore and memories gay

JOHNNY:
So move Grant's Tomb to Union Square

KING:
And put Brooklyn anywhere

JOHNNY & KING:
But please, please,
I beg on my knees don't monkey with old Broadway

JOHNNY:
Plant trees in the Polo Grounds

KING:
And put Yorkville out of bounds

JOHNNY & KING:
But please don't monkey with Broadway

KING:
Close the Village honkytonks

JOHNNY:
And suppress cheering in the Bronx

JOHNNY & KING:
But please don't monkey with Broadway
Think what names used to dance
On this road of romance
Think what stars used to stroll along it all day

Make City Hall a skating rink
And push Wall Street in the drink
But please, please,
I beg on my knees don't monkey with old Broadway

Broadway Melody of 1940 Lyrics

Please Don't Monkey with Broadway
All Ashore (I Am The Captain)
I've Got My Eyes On You
I Concentrate On You
Begin The Beguine