Carrying The Banner

Racetrack:
that's my cigar
Snipeshooter:
you'll steal anudder
Kid blink:
hey, bummers, we got work to do
Specs:
since when did you become me mudder?
Crutchy:
ah, stop yer bawling!
Several newsies:
hey! who ast you??
Mush:
try bottle alley or the harbor
Racetrack:
try central park, it's guaranteed
Jack:
try any banker, bum, or barber ...
Skittery:
they almost all knows how to read!
Kid blink:
i smell money
Crutchy:
you smell foul!
Mush:
met this girl last night ...
Crutchy:
move your elbow!
Racetrack:
pass the towel!
Skittery:
for a buck, i might!
Newsies:
ain't it a fine life
carrying the banner through it all?
a mighty fine life
carrying the banner tough and tall
every morning
we goes where we wishes
we's as free as fishes
sure beats washing dishes
what a fine life
carrying the banner home-free all!
Jack:
it takes a smile as sweet as butter
Crutchy:
the kind that ladies can't resist
Racetrack:
it takes an orphan with a stutter
Jack:
who ain't afraid ta use his
Kid blink:
fist!
Newsies:
summer stinks and winter's waiting
welcome to new yawk!
boy, ain't nature fascinating
when youse gotta walk?
still, it's a fine life
carrying the banner with me chums!
a mighty fine life
blowing every nickel as it comes
Crutchy:
i'm no snoozer
sitting makes me antsy
i likes living chancy
Newsies:
harlem tah delancey
what a fine life
carrying the banner through the slums
Three nuns:
blessed children
though you wander lost and depraved
jesus loves you
you shall be saved!
Sung in counterpoint:
Mother:
patrick, darling,
since you left me i am undone
mother loves you!
god, save my son!
Racetrack:
just gimme half a cup
Kid blink:
something ta wake me up
Mush:
i gotta find an angle
Crutchy:
i gotta sell more papes
Various newsies:
papers is all i got
wish i could catch a breeze
sure hope the headline's hot
all i can catch is fleas
god, help me if it's not!
somebody help me, please ...
Newsies:
if i hate the headlines
i'll make up the headline
and i'll say anything i hafta
'cause at two for a penny
if i take too many
weasel just makes me eat 'em afta
Sung in counterpoint:
Group one:
look! they're puttin' up the headline
you call that a headline?
i get better stories
from the copper on the beat!
i was gonna start at twenty
now a dozen'll be plenty
tell me, how'm i gonna make ends meet?
Group two:
what's it say?
that won't pay!
so where's your spot?
god, it's hot!
will ya tell me
how'm i gonna make ends meet?
Newsies:
we need a good assassination!
we need an earthquake or a war!
Snipeshooter:
how 'bout a crooked politician?
Newsies:
hey, stupid, that ain't news no more!
uptown to grand central station
down to city hall
we improves our circulation
walking till we fall
Sung in counterpoint:
Group one:
still we'll be out there
carrying the banner man to man!
we'll be out there
soakin' every sucker that we can!
see the headline:
newsies on a mission!
Group one:
kill the competition
sell the next edition
while we're out there
carrying the banner is the –
Group two:
look, they're puttin' up the headline
they call that a headline?
the idiot who wrote it
must be workin' for the sun!
did ya hear about the fire?
Group three:
heard it killed old man maguire!
Group two:
heard the toll was even higher
Group three:
why do i miss all the fun?
Group two:
hitched it on a trolley
Group three:
meet 'cha forty-fourth and second