Lady's Maid

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 highest 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 'til I am old

There's a place called Chicago

I've seen it on the map

There's a place called Maryland

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 prayin', and my wishin' to be happy

Will come true enough and

I want to be an engineer

(Oh, I will be grand) an engineer

In America, the streets are paved with gold (the streets are paved with gold)

I want a shop to call my own

(Oh, I will be grand) to call my own

"In America, it's better," I am told ("In America, 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-)

(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