作曲 : Maury Yeston
 作词 : Maury Yeston
I will be a proper person

People will look up to me

What a girl that girl mcgowan

Katie violet maud marie

I aspire to heights of glory

In the new world
That can be

In that grandest nation I'll stand tall

Reach my very hightest hopes

Of all

I want to be a lady's maid

Lady's maid in America

In America the streets are paved with gold

I want to be a governess

Governess in America

In America it's better I am told

I want to be a sewing girl
Sewing girl in America

In America I'll sew till I am old

There's a place called chicago

I've seen it on the map

There's a place called mary-land

I've seen it on the map

There's a place in America

Called albuquerque

And I'm hopin' it's a bit like donegal

Oh I'm hopin' that it is

There I'm hopin that it is

Where my dreamin'
And my hopin' and my schemin'
And my payin' and my wishin' to be happy
Will come true enough
And
I want to be an engineer an engineer oh I will be grand

In America
The streets are paved with
Gold the streets are paved
With gold

I want a shop to call my own
To call my own oh I will be grand
In America
It's better I am told
It's better I am told

Oh far beyond the northern sea

A new life can unfold

And I'm planning that it will

How I'm planning that it will

Where my dreamin'
And my hopin' and my schemin'
And my prayin and my wishin' to be happy
Will come true enough
And
I want to be a millionaire

Millionaire in America

Strike it rich and spend the fortune I amass

I want to be a constable

Constable in America

In America you rise above your class

Oh there's the place your industry and talent

Can be sold

And I'm certain that it will

There I'm certain that it will

Ich will ein gutes leben haben

Una bella vita negli stati uniti

Where my dreamin'
And my hopin' and my schemin'
And my prayin and my wishin' to be happy
Will come true enough
And

I want to rise above myself
Oh I will be grand

America the streets
Are paved with gold
America the streets
Are paved with gold
I want to be a lady's maid
Millionaire
Engineer
In America

Better place for me and you

Better land to start anew

Better land for the baby

That I

Hold