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 that new world, that can be! In that grandest nation I'll stand tall Reach my very 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 I want to be a Governess Governess in America In America It's better I'm 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 prayin' and my wishin' to be happy Will come true enough And...
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
I want a shop to call my own... to call my own... Oh, I will be grand... In America it's better I'm told In America it's better 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 true 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 a 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 true enough And...I sant to rise above myself...
...Oh I will be grand America, the streets are paved with gold... America, the streets Are paved with gold... America the streets are payed 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
