Title song from the musical “Forty-Second Street”, 1932.
Words by Al Dubin.
Music by Harry Warren.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
In the heart of little old New York
You’ll find a thoroughfare
It’s part of little old New York
That runs into Times Square
A crazy quilt that Wall Street “Jack” built
If you’ve got a little time to spare
I want to take you there
Refrain
Come and meet those dancing feet
On the Avenue I’m taking you to
Forty Second Street
Hear the beat of dancing feet
It’s the song I love the melody of
Forty Second Street
Little “nifties” from the Fifties
Innocent and sweet
Sexy ladies from the Eighties
Who are indiscreet
They’re side by side, they’re glorified
Where the underworld can meet the elite
Forty Second Street
Refrain
Come and meet those dancing feet
On the Avenue I’m taking you to
Forty Second Street
Hear the beat of dancing feet
It’s the song I love the melody of
Forty Second Street
Little “nifties” from the Fifties
Innocent and sweet
Sexy ladies from the Eighties
Who are indiscreet
They’re side by side, they’re glorified
Where the underworld can meet the elite
Naughty, bawdy, gawdy, sporty
Forty Second Street
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: