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you want to meet a frien’,

Bide up to Papine,

Where dere’s people to no en’,

Old, young, fat an’ lean:

When you want nice gals fe court

An’ to feel jus’ booze’,

Go’p to Papine as a sport

Dress’ in ge’man clo’es.

When you want to be jus’ broke,

Ride up wid your chum,

Buy de best cigars to smoke

An’ Finzi old rum:

Stagger roun’ de sort o’ square

On to Fong Kin bar;

Keep as much strengt’ dat can bear

You do’n in de car.

When you want know Sunday bright,

Tek a run up deh

When ’bout eight o’clock at night

Things are extra gay:

Ef you want to see it cram’,

Wait tell night is dark,

An’ beneat’ your breat’ you’ll damn

Coney Island Park.