From the musical “Miss Liberty”, 1949
Words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Liberty, Miss Liberty
We welcome you here to our shores
Liberty, Miss Liberty
The key to the city is yours
Liberty, Miss Liberty
With banners and streamers unfurled
You’re not just the symbol of a statue that we love
But the most beautiful girl in the world
Would you like to dine some evening
With the Astors? I’d love to
Would you like to play a week
At Tony Pastor’s? I’d love to
Would you like to come to Trinity
On Sunday? I’d love to
Would you like to launch a battleship
On Monday? I’d love to
Here’s some orchids fresh with dew
From the President to you
Here’s some winter flannels
From the nation’s mothers
Here’s some tickets for our ball
You’ll be welcome at the hall
Here’s some cough drops
From the famous bearded brothers
I represent Pratt’s Astral Oil
The finest application for a pimple or a boil
We’ll pay you handsomely for very little toil
Your picture with a bottle of Pratt’s Astral Oil
I thank you, I thank you
I’m grateful to be sure
Like money in the bank
You have made me feel secure
Your Congress, your Senate
Your President, so dear
But mostly Mister Bennett
The man who brought me here