There's A Boat Leavin' Soon For New York - Sammy Davis, Jr., Pearl Bailey, Dorothy Dandridge

Bess

There’s a boat that’s leaving soon for New York

Come with me

That’s where we belong, sister

You and me can live that high life in New York

Come with me

There you can’t go wrong, sister

I’ll buy you the swellest mansion

Up on upper Fifth Avenue

And through Harlem we’ll go strutting

We’ll go a-strutting

And there’ll be nothing

Too good for you

I’ll dress you in silks and satins

In the latest Paris styles

All the blues you’ll be forgetting

You’ll be forgetting

There’ll be no fretting

Just nothing but smiles

Come along with me

That’s the place

Don’t be a fool, come along

Come along!

There’s a boat that’s leaving soon for New York

Come with me

That’s where we belong

Sister, that’s where we belong

There’s a boat that’s leaving soon for New York

Come with me

That’s where we belong

Bess!

That’s where we belong!

Come on, Bess!